In Windows 7 Git Bash, is there a way to explore the directory at the current location?
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Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPPIn Windows 7 Git Bash, is there a way to explore the directory at the current location?
I would like to explore the folder in the Windows Explorer from the shell. I know a lot of people have been asking to Cmd here from a folder.
I'd like to do just the opposite and open a new window located at the current directory being browsed.
Why don't you just type
ls and explore :)– manojlds
Oct 23 '11 at 11:10
ls
explorer . is the answer I seek. Thank you all!– Greg Kerstin
Oct 23 '11 at 11:25
explorer .
I use
ls -la all the time– Greg Kerstin
Oct 23 '11 at 11:29
ls -la
@GraphicAgenda make an alias for it so you can save some key strokes. I do lsa (as I too use it all the time).
– Ted
Jul 23 '14 at 23:10
4 Answers
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To open Windows Explorer at the current folder, just enter:
explorer .
do you know if I type in
finder . on a Mac it incur a new finder window?– Greg Kerstin
Oct 23 '11 at 11:31
finder .
just try :) Never used Mac.
– Piotr Perak
Oct 23 '11 at 15:04
Discovered it is
open . in the terminal– Greg Kerstin
Oct 23 '11 at 23:16
open .
@GraphicAgenda open will open anything. You can open PDFs, excel, etc. Really nice command.
– sixtyfootersdude
Apr 11 '13 at 17:29
@sixtyfootersdude I use it open applications, like
open -a [Application Name], favorite command– MayorMonty
Oct 12 '16 at 1:48
open -a [Application Name]
Type start . - it will open Windows Explorer at the current location.
start .
The start command acts like a double click, so use it to open files too:
start
start index.html
this is weird. I type in "start" alone and it brings up another Cmd window. I like your answer as well.
– Greg Kerstin
Oct 23 '11 at 11:27
Add (.) after start
– Fil
Sep 14 '16 at 3:31
start [anything] will perform the same action that a double click would perform. I assume it's calling ShellExecute()– Visser
Nov 30 '16 at 18:24
start [anything]
ShellExecute()
If you type cmd into to Location Bar, Windows will open up a command line within the folder you are browsing.
cmd
This is very helpful. Knowing this will keep me inside git-bash environment longer
– Greg Kerstin
Oct 23 '11 at 11:25
+1 very useful.How to exit from cmd. where can i learn more detail about Gitbash
– Gowri
Aug 23 '12 at 10:14
This is really awesome!
– Gorilla Moe
Oct 23 '13 at 13:23
bash.exe also work!
– Hlex
Dec 12 '15 at 5:20
Alt+D is the shortcut for selecting the Location Bar.– Varaquilex
Mar 25 '16 at 1:42
Alt+D
If you're coming from Mac OS X or Linux background, you can also create an alias in your .bash_profile to use the open command as you would do on other *nix environments.
.bash_profile
Just add the following line to your ~/.bash_profile:
~/.bash_profile
alias open="explorer ."
Then:
~/.bash_profile
Then you can use the open command to open the current folder.
open
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I think you need to clarify this a little bit, what do you want? Open up a new command line while browsing; or open up a browser while using command line?
– Umur Kontacı
Oct 23 '11 at 10:10