Open current Finder window in new iTerm tab

SimonDorfman (Simon Dorfman) — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 05:29:29 GMT
// cd to the current finder window folder in iTerm. Or drag a folder onto this script to cd to that folder in iTerm.


-- cd to the current finder window folder in iTerm. Or drag a folder onto this script to cd to that folder in iTerm.

-- found this script in the comments of this article: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050924210643297



-- Instructions for use:

-- paste this script into Script Editor and save as an application to ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Finder/cd to in iTerm

-- run via the AppleScript Menu item (http://www.apple.com/applescript/scriptmenu/)

-- Or better yet, Control-click and drag it to the top of a finder window so it appears in every finder window.

-- Activate it by clicking on it or dragging a folder onto it.



-- Another nice touch is to give the saved script the same icon as iTerm.

-- To do this, in the finder, Get info (Command-I) of both iTerm and this saved script.

-- Click the iTerm icon (it will highlight blue) and copy it by pressing Comand-C.

-- Click on this script's icon and paste by pressing Command-V.



-- Another way to give it the same icon as iTerm is to save the script as an application bundle (instead of an application),

--  then copy the icon by entering these commands in iTerm:

-- $ cd ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Finder/cd\ to\ in\ iTerm.app/Contents/Resources/

-- $ rm droplet.icns

-- $ cp /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Resources/iTerm.icns droplet.icns

-- $ touch ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Finder/cd\ to\ in\ iTerm.app



-- script was opened by click in toolbar

on run

	tell application "Finder"

		try

			set currFolder to (folder of the front window as string)

		on error

			set currFolder to (path to desktop folder as string)

		end try

	end tell

	CD_to(currFolder, false)

end run



-- script run by draging file/folder to icon

on open (theList)

	set newWindow to false

	repeat with thePath in theList

		set thePath to thePath as string

		if not (thePath ends with ":") then

			set x to the offset of ":" in (the reverse of every character of thePath) as string

			set thePath to (characters 1 thru -(x) of thePath) as string

		end if

		CD_to(thePath, newWindow)

		set newWindow to true -- create window for any other files/folders

	end repeat

	return

end open



-- cd to the desired directory in iterm

on CD_to(theDir, newWindow)

	set theDir to quoted form of POSIX path of theDir as string

	tell application "iTerm"

		activate

		delay 1

		-- talk to the first terminal 

		tell the first terminal

			try

				-- launch a default shell in a new tab in the same terminal 

				launch session "Default Session"

			on error

				display dialog "There was an error creating a new tab in iTerm." buttons {"OK"}

			end try

			tell the last session

				try

					-- cd to the finder window

					write text "cd " & theDir

				on error

					display dialog "There was an error cding to the finder window." buttons {"OK"}

				end try

			end tell

		end tell

	end tell

end CD_to
DZone Snippets: iTerm code

Open current Finder window in new iTerm tab
