Reveal in Finder from Terminal Command

finderterminal

How do I reveal a file that I have the path for in the Terminal in Finder? I don't think that open will work for this.

Specifically I want to be able to fzf for a file and then pop it in Finder.

(I guess this would work if you get the path, chop off the file bit and then call open on the rest?)

Best Answer

How do I reveal a file that I have the path for in the Terminal in Finder? I don't think that open will work for this.

From man open:

-R  Reveals the file(s) in the Finder instead of opening them.

So, open -R /path/to/a/file.ext will reveal your file in the Finder...

Specifically I want to be able to fzf for a file and then pop it in Finder.

In its most basic usage the following will reveal in Finder the file selected from the execution of "$(fzf)":

open -R "$(fzf)"

The following fzf key bindings will map ctrl-r to reveal the file in the Finder and ctrl-space to a QuickLook of the file:

fzf --bind 'ctrl-r:execute(open -R {}),ctrl-space:execute-silent(qlmanage -p {})'
Related Question