Open Terminal in selected Finder item's folder

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From my years running macosxhints.com, I had collected a number of useful little AppleScripts. This one opens Terminal with the active directory set to the folder containing the selected Finder file, or if a folder is selected, that folder.

It's a pretty simple one-step macro that just executes the AppleScript:

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I have this bound to a hot key, and to show in the KM menu when Finder is frontmost. More detail, and a little movie showing it in action, are in this blog post.

-rob.

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Hey Rob,

Great to see you active on the Keyboard Maestro forum.  :smile:

For a little more on this topic:

Open a new Terminal window for the current Finder folder

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Take Care,
Chris