IntelliJ: how to open files in an existing IntelliJ from the command line

Question

I always have an IntelliJ running. Sometimes I want to open a file from outside IntelliJ. I can drag and drop a file to IntelliJ if am in the Finder, but if I am on the command line on OS X, how can I instruct IntelliJ to open a certain file? I am looking for something similar to the mate command provided by TextMate.

Answer 1

Edit your ~/.bash_profile adding the following, changing the path to version of IntelliJ you'd like to use:

alias "ij=open -a /Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA\ 9.0.2.app"

Then from the command line, open files with ij your-file.txt.