iterm.bash - Launch iTerm from command line

iterm

#!/bin/bash
#
# Open new iTerm window from the command line
#
# Usage:
#     iterm                   Opens the current directory in a new iTerm window
#     iterm [PATH]            Open PATH in a new iTerm window
#     iterm [CMD]             Open a new iTerm window and execute CMD
#     iterm [PATH] [CMD] ...  You can prob'ly guess
#
# Example:
#     iterm ~/Code/HelloWorld ./setup.sh
#
# References:
#     iTerm AppleScript Examples:
#     https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/wikis/Applescript
# 
# Credit:
#     Inspired by tab.bash by @bobthecow
#     link: https://gist.github.com/bobthecow/757788
#

# OSX only
[ `uname -s` != "Darwin" ] && return

function iterm () {
    local cmd=""
    local wd="$PWD"
    local args="$@"

    if [ -d "$1" ]; then
        wd="$1"
        args="${@:2}"
    fi

    if [ -n "$args" ]; then
        # echo $args
        cmd="; $args"
    fi

    osascript &>/dev/null <<EOF
        tell application "iTerm"
            activate
            set term to (make new terminal)
            tell term
                launch session "Default Session"
                tell the last session
                    delay 1
                    write text "cd $wd$cmd"
                end
            end
        end tell
EOF
}
iterm $@

Here is a mod that works under V3+ of iTerm2. It is not backward compatible

https://gist.github.com/aberezin/f1e15db7181cdf062c3e7fb5ef6bc735

This script has two issues:

1. The last line blows up by recursively creating more iterm windows. This line need to be removed.
2. iterm . does not resolve the path correctly because . is called in the new window.

My version of this script fixes both issues: gist/geyang/iterm.bash

Update from 2022-07-07

This works for me! Steps to get it to work:

1. make a file called .iterm, add this content to it, and place under ~/.iterm
2. in your ~/.profile, add the following line

   source ~/.iterm

3. Start a new console, and now do

   iterm .

and it works!!

Tested with zsh and on M1 MBP

Thanks for the update!

I don't use this function anymore in my workflow and haven't kept up with it

👍 hopefully the updated version helps someone else the way yours helped me!

🙌

Is there anything fancy I need to do in advance to get this to work?

Simply iterm.bash . is not doing anything for me

Unfortunately I don't use this script in my workflow anymore - so I haven't been maintaining it.

Try one of the forks others have created - that might work better for you