Use the selected folder in Finder to open a shell in iTerm and go to its directory.

Open Selected Finder Folder in iTerm

Gist title: "Open Selected Finder Folder in iTerm"

Summary: Use the selected folder in Finder to open a shell in iTerm and go to its directory.

See also: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/3552

openSelectedFolderInITerm.scpt

on run {input, parameters}
    tell application "Finder"
        set sel to selection
        if (count sel) > 0 then
            set myTarget to item 1 of sel
        else if (count window) > 0 then
            set myTarget to target of window 1
        else
            set myTarget to path to home folder
        end if
        my openTerminal(myTarget)
    end tell

end run

on openTerminal(location)
    set location to location as alias
    set the_path to POSIX path of location
    repeat until the_path ends with "/"
        set the_path to text 1 thru -2 of the_path
    end repeat

    set cmd to "cd " & quoted form of the_path & " && clear"

    tell application "System Events" to set terminalIsRunning to exists application process "iTerm"

    tell application "iTerm"
        activate
        try
            set _terminal to current window
            tell _terminal
                set newTab to (create tab with default profile)
            end tell
            set _session to current session of _terminal
        on error
            set _terminal to (create window with default profile)
            set _session to current session of _terminal
        end try
        tell _session
            write text cmd
        end tell
    end tell
end openTerminal

I got this error if iTerm is open but without window opened.

Error Number:iTerm got an error: Can’t get current terminal.
-1728

I started to get errors about terminal identifier, and have updated my code as follows (iterm 3.0.2):

on run {input, parameters}
    tell application "Finder"
        set sel to selection
        if (count sel) > 0 then
            set myTarget to item 1 of sel
        else if (count window) > 0 then
            set myTarget to target of window 1
        else
            set myTarget to path to home folder
        end if
        my openTerminal(myTarget)
    end tell

end run

on openTerminal(location)
    set location to location as alias
    set the_path to POSIX path of location
    repeat until the_path ends with "/"
        set the_path to text 1 thru -2 of the_path
    end repeat

    set cmd to "cd " & quoted form of the_path & " && clear"

    tell application "System Events" to set terminalIsRunning to exists application process "iTerm"

    tell application "iTerm"
        activate
        try
            set _terminal to current window
            tell _terminal
                set newTab to (create tab with default profile)
            end tell
            set _session to current session of _terminal
        on error
            set _terminal to (create window with default profile)
            set _session to current session of _terminal
        end try
        tell _session
            write text cmd
        end tell
    end tell
end openTerminal

Following this example: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/3552

It works! Thank you.