Open a project in IntelliJ IDEA from your command line!

idea

#!/bin/sh
 
# check for where the latest version of IDEA is installed
IDEA=/opt/intellij-idea-ce/bin/idea.sh
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

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

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

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

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