Opening file from command line

Hi Philippe.

If you perform the command described at https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/help/working-with-intellij-idea-features-from-command-line.html in “Opening file in the editor” (replace IntellijJ IDEA with CLion, of course) the file is opened in the existing window if the desired project is already opened.

Hi Anna,

When I try the recipe (with CLion 1.2) I get

2015-11-11 09:14:05.520 clion[52477:1816658] Value of CLION_JDK: (null)
2015-11-11 09:14:05.524 clion[52477:1816674] fullFileName is: /Applications/CLion.app/Contents/bin/clion.vmoptions
2015-11-11 09:14:05.524 clion[52477:1816674] fullFileName exists: /Applications/CLion.app/Contents/bin/clion.vmoptions
2015-11-11 09:14:05.524 clion[52477:1816674] Value of CLION_VM_OPTIONS is (null)
2015-11-11 09:14:05.524 clion[52477:1816674] Processing VMOptions file at /Applications/CLion.app/Contents/bin/clion.vmoptions
2015-11-11 09:14:05.525 clion[52477:1816674] Done
/Applications/CLion.app/Contents/bin/idea.properties: 'java.endorsed.dirs' already defined

Too Many Instances: Only one instance of CLion can be run at a time.

and in the running CLion there is an error message complaining that /Applications/CLion.app/Contents/bin/./inspect does not exist.

Thanks,
Philippe

Philippe,

Could you please specify which command did you use?

I tried:

/Applications/CLion.app/Contents/bin/inspect.sh /opt/build/root_builds/rootcling.debug ~/Library/Preferences/clion11/inspection/Default.xml /opt/build/root_builds/rootcling.debug/src/core/base/src/TROOT.cxx 

where /opt/build/root_builds/rootcling.debug is the location of the (already opened) project and /opt/build/root_builds/rootcling.debug/src/core/base/src/TROOT.cxx the location of the file.

Thanks,
Philippe.

Hi Philippe.

Sorry for the delay!
To open file for editing please type the following in the command line:

<CLion> <path1> --line<number> <path2>

• <CLion>

  is the platform-specific product launcher

• <path1>

  is the path to the project that contains the desired file

• <number>

  is the number of the line, where the caret should rest

• <path2>

  is the path to the file to be opened

An example for OS X:
/Applications/CLion.app/Contents/MacOS/clion ~/CLionProjects/untitled45 --line 1 ~/CLionProjects/untitled45/sample.txt

Hi Anna,

This is indeed working.  Thanks,

I see the --line option, where can I find the complete list of supported command line options?

Thanks,
Philippe.

Is there any way to automatically use the current project if only one instance of clion is open?