https://github.com/NapoleonWils0n/bashfinder

Control the Mac Finder from the Terminal
https://github.com/NapoleonWils0n/bashfinder

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Control the Mac Finder from the Terminal

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/NapoleonWils0n/bashfinder
• Owner: NapoleonWils0n
• Created: 2012-10-29T01:42:04.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2012-12-28T01:59:27.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T16:43:47.452Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 220 KB
• Stars: 105
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# Bash Finder 

Control the Finder from the Terminal  

### Features

Changing directory in the Terminal opens the same directory in the Finder  

Change the Finder window view from the Terminal (column, list, icon views)  

Case insensitve, tab for menu completion, shift tab to expand bash aliases 

Open a Terminal window to the current Finder window  

Works with the Mac OSX Terminal and iTerm2

## Install

1 - Download the git repo to your desktop, and then move the contents to your home directory

git clone git://github.com/NapoleonWils0n/bashfinder.git ~/Desktop/bashfinder



mv .bash_aliases ~/.bash_aliases

mv .bash_macosx ~/.bash_macosx

mv .bash_profile ~/.bash_profile

mv .inputrc ~/.inputrc

mv .git ~/.git



If you already have a bash profile you can add the code from the project into your existing bash profile.

2 - Download and install Bash completion (Required)     

Download: [bash-completion](http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/ "bash-completion")

Change directory to the bash-completion directory  

Move ``bash_completion to /etc/bash_completion``, needs admin permissions  

cd bash-completion

sudo mv bash_completion /etc/bash_completion


3 - Download and install Git completion bash (Optional)  

Download: [git-completion.bash](https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash "git-completion.bash")

Move ``git-completion.bash to ~/.git-completion.bash``  

mv git-completion.bash ~/.git-completion.bash


4 - reload your .bash_profile, and then restart the Terminal  

source ~/.bash_profile
  


## Commmands

Type cd and then a directory name   

eg: cd Desktop, will change the Finder window to the Desktop  

cd


cdff will change the terminal directory to current directory open in the Finder

cdff


Change the Finder window to column view

column


Change the Finder window to list view

list


Change the Finder window to icon view

icon


Press tab for menu completion 

tab


Expand bash aliases by pressing shift tab to show the aliased command, defined in .inputrc

shift tab