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Use the selected folder in Finder to open a shell in iTerm and go to its directory.
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
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
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bihell commented Sep 13, 2017

It works! Thank you.

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