Is there a way I can say open file.php in the terminal and have jEdit open the file.php? Now I have to go to a finder window and find the file...which there are too many files and the order of the files keeps changing even though I specify by name.
Note: I am working on a remote server. I login via ssh and am using a git repository. I want to be able to bring back the file on the remote server to my jEdit window on my machine. When I save it on my machine it is saved on the remote server.
You didin't say which distro you are using. Try
gnome-open file.php
BTW this question should be in superuser.
If you're on KDE, use kde-open some-file.php. For Gnome, it's gnome-open some-file.php. You have to set jEdit as default editor for .php files through KDE's or Gnome's configuration facilities for this to work, though.
edit: On OS X, it's simply open some-file.php
You should be able to write something like
jedit file.php
in the terminal. See the jEdit documentation for more information.