Open a project in IntelliJ IDEA from your command line!

idea

#!/bin/sh
 
# check for where the latest version of IDEA is installed
IDEA=`ls -1d /Applications/IntelliJ\ * | tail -n1`
wd=`pwd`

# were we given a directory?
if [ -d "$1" ]; then
#  echo "checking for things in the working dir given"
  wd=`ls -1d "$1" | head -n1`
fi

# were we given a file?
if [ -f "$1" ]; then
#  echo "opening '$1'"
  open -a "$IDEA" "$1"
else
    # let's check for stuff in our working directory.
    pushd $wd > /dev/null

    # does our working dir have an .idea directory?
    if [ -d ".idea" ]; then
#      echo "opening via the .idea dir"
      open -a "$IDEA" .

    # is there an IDEA project file?
    elif [ -f *.ipr ]; then
#      echo "opening via the project file"
      open -a "$IDEA" `ls -1d *.ipr | head -n1`

    # Is there a pom.xml?
    elif [ -f pom.xml ]; then
#      echo "importing from pom"
      open -a "$IDEA" "pom.xml"

    # can't do anything smart; just open IDEA
    else
#      echo 'cbf'
      open "$IDEA"
    fi

    popd > /dev/null
fi

to use it with Jetbrains TOOLBOX you need to modify 4th line:

IDEA=`ls -1d /Applications/JetBrains\ TOOLBOX/apps/IDEA-U/*/*/IntelliJ\ IDEA.app | tail -n1`

This is great!

I improved it a bit with some logic that will dynamically pick the either intellij installation found (non-toolbox or toolbox installed) app, check it out here:
https://gist.github.com/dotCipher/9c5f7647bda088fde5dc561cc121b0a5

This function doesn't return the latest version.

183.4886.12
183.4886.3 <-- returns this one

I had to sort by modified date using ls -tr.

---

I use this:

export JETBRAINS_TOOLBOX_ROOT="${HOME}/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps"

# product = IDEA-U, CLion, etc.
# bin = idea, clion, etc.
jetbrainsToolboxPath() {
  product=$1
  bin=$2
  # -tr = sort by last update in reverse
  ret=`ls -tr -1d "${JETBRAINS_TOOLBOX_ROOT}"/$product/*/*/*.app/Contents/MacOS/$bin | tail -n1`
   # Escape string because it has spaces.
  echo $(printf '%q' $ret)
}

export LATEST_IDEA_VERSION_CLI=`jetbrainsToolboxPath IDEA-U idea`
export LATEST_CLION_VERSION_CLI=`jetbrainsToolboxPath Clion clion`
export LATEST_APPCODE_VERSION_CLI=`jetbrainsToolboxPath AppCode appcode`

Setup

curl -L "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/chrisdarroch/7018927/raw/9a6d663fd7a52aa76a943fe8a9bc6091ad06b18d/idea" -o /usr/local/bin/idea
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/idea

usage: open terminal and navigate to your project

idea .

Tested on Mac OS X

Note: If you get a “Permission denied” error, your /usr/local/bin directory probably isn’t writable and you’ll need to install script as the superuser. Run sudo -i, then the two commands above, then exit.

Thank you

thx!

Thx @cris