Day124 — Open finder from terminal and vice versa

This article records the way to open finder from terminal and vice versa.

Open finder from terminal

# navigate to target dir using cd
cd /Users/{name}/Desktop/destination
# open current directory from terminal
open .
# OR combining to one command
open /Users/{name}/Desktop/destination

Open terminal from finder

1. System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services
2. check New Terminal at Folder and New Terminal Tab at Folder

check “New Terminal at Folder”

3. right-click target folder, select New Terminal Tab at Folder or New Terminal at Folder to open terminal

right-click target folder