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OpenTerminal — When you are working in the Finder and you discover that you need a terminal window you have to open "Terminal" and "cd" to the folder you were working on. With OpenTerminal you just click its icon or use the Finder's contextual menu and a terminal with the correct path shows up.

The advantage of OpenTerminal over other available tools is that it can run in the background (without using processor time) and react instantly because it doesn't have to start up first. It's also more refined than the other tools I know of: it includes workarounds for several Finder and Terminal bugs and it doesn't open superfluous terminal windows.

The sourcecode is also available.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0.5:
  • Fixes a bug where OpenTerminal would try to cd into a selected file
  • Restores compatibility with iTerm ≥ 0.9.6
  • Includes an alternative icon for the Finder toolbar
REQUIREMENTS
  • Mac OS X 10.5 (Version 1.3.1 for Mac OS X 10.2 and OpenTerminal 2.0.3 for Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 are still available from OpenTerminal's home page)
  • iTerm support has been tested with version ≥ 0.9.2

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Developer:Thomas Wiesehoefer
Downloads:6,220
  - Version d/l:1,640
Utilities:System
License:Free
Date:06 Oct 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
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Sep 1 2009

HEILEI  Snow Leopard compatibility? Any news?  
(Version 2.0.5)

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Sep 10 2008

DAMIEN POLLET  2.0.4 doesn't seem to find (a recent) iTermÂ…  
(Version 2.0.4)

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Oct 6 2008

THOMAS WIESEHöFER  The iTerm developers changed the bundle identifier. OpenTerminal 2.0.5 now recognizes the new identifier.  
(Version 2.0.5)

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Oct 6 2008

DAMIEN POLLET  Thanks !  
(Version 2.0.5)

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Jan 25 2008
*****

TEXLOGIC  Extremely useful utility, nicely implemented.  
(Version 2.0.4)

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Jan 25 2008

HAZMAT  Great stuff! Thanks so much.  
(Version 2.0.4)

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Dec 21 2007

JGC94131  In Leopard Terminal now supports Tabs. Will you be updating OpenTerminal to support that?  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Jan 25 2008

THOMAS WIESEHöFER  Unfortunately, Leopard's Terminal.app has no "make new tab" AppleScript command. However, OpenTerminal 2.0.4 supports tabs in Terminal windows if you have UI scripting turned on.  
(Version 2.0.4)

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Dec 5 2006

THOMAS WIESEHöFER  Thanks for sharing this idea!

I have added your instructions to the OpenTerminal readme file. I've slightly modified them to work with OpenTerminal, so that "cdf" can use OpenTerminals functionality (support for Unicode file names, cd to the desktop if no windows are open, cd to the trash folder, etc.)

An especially cool thing with your command is that it works with every terminal application including xterm.  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Nov 30 2006

MONOCLAST  For anyone interested, I accomplish the same thing with a simple addition to my ~/.bashrc file:

####################################################################

# implement cdf command #

# (changes the working dir to the front-most window of the Finder) #

####################################################################

cdf()

{

eval cd "`osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to return the quoted form of the POSIX path of (target of window 1 as alias)' 2>/dev/null`"

}

With this added to your .bashrc file, you can open a terminal window and type "cdf" to change the working directory to the front-most Finder window.  
(Version 2.0.2)

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Jan 25 2007

CBX322  Why not use:

cdf()

{

open .

}

;)  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Jan 25 2007

MONOCLAST  Because "." does not expand to "the current front-most Finder window". It expands to "the current working directory", which is not nearly the same thing. Try it.  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Nov 2 2006
*****

OBERBASTLER  Great application, really fast, the contextual menu works perfectly (I don't use the other features), and best of all, it works with iTerm, which I much prefer over Terminal.app .  
(Version 2.0)

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Nov 2 2006

DAMIEN POLLET  Wherever I put OpenTerminal (Finder window toolbar, dock) it says that I should run it from the dock then doesn't open anything...  
(Version 2.0)

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Nov 2 2006

GREENSPAN  You probably still have the OpenTerminal application selected in the Finder. Deselect it or try OpenTerminal with another window and it will work.  
(Version 2.0)

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Oct 30 2006

SLITHYTOVE  A simple Applescript saved as an Application and copied to the Finder toolbar would do the same without this 'background mode' stuff. Like the icon though.  
(Version 1.5.1)

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Nov 2 2006

DAMIEN POLLET  Slithy, "Open Terminal Here" is what you want then. The problem is that it's kinda slow to launch and run an applescript one day I'll understand why Apple keeps that crappy language around...

However, I have a problem with OpenTerminal... wherever I put it (Finder window toolbar, dock) it says that I should run it from the dock then doesn't open anything...  
(Version 2.0)

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