Open terminal here, current terminal window?

[chrispoole]

I want to find a folder with Alfred, then use the "open terminal here" action.

 

Issue is that I don't want a new Terminal window opening; I want my existing Terminal window to have the `cd ...` command issued. Is that possible?

[Tsunami]

I use iTerm instead of Terminal, so I'm not sure if this code catches all conditions, but you can do this:

1. Open Alfred Preferences, click the Features tab and click Terminal / Shell in the sidebar.
2. Set Application to Custom and paste this script in the large textfield:

on alfred_script(q)
    tell application "Terminal"
        if exists window 1 then
            do script q in window 1
        else
            do script q
        end if
        activate
    end tell
end alfred_script

Close Alfred Preferences to save the changes.

 

Note that when you run a Terminal command manually with Alfred (by prefixing it with ">"), it will now also run in the existing window.

Edited July 2, 2018 by Tsunami

[chrispoole]

Perfect! I've used a bit of AppleScript I've been using with Emacs for years:

on alfred_script(q)
	tell application "Terminal"
		try
			if (count of windows) is 0 then
				do script q
			else
				do script q in window 1
			end if
			activate
		on error
			beep
		end try
	end tell
end alfred_script

That works a treat: if I already have a Terminal window open it'll send the commands there, otherwise it'll create a new window.

[deanishe]

22 minutes ago, Tsunami said:

Open Alfred Preferences, click the Features tab and click Terminal / Shell in the sidebar

 

That makes all Terminal Commands run in the current window, not just the "Open Terminal Here" File Action.

 

That may or may not be what @chrispoole is after. I thought it was worth mentioning, in any case.

[Tsunami]

Correct, I noted that at the end of my post.

[deanishe]

12 minutes ago, Tsunami said:

Correct, I noted that at the end of my post.

 

Right. I wasn't clear. There's also the Terminal Command element in workflows. That is also affected.

[chrispoole]

Yeah that's all fine, thanks for confirming though @deanishe. This solution suits me perfectly, at least right now.