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Chapter 4. General commands

4.1. Opening a file or folder
4.2. The pick-up command

Outlined in this chapter are general commands for interacting with the Forge runtime, your projects and the workspace.

The command open allows you to open a file or folder.

The format of the command is:

open foo/pom.xml

Using the command to open a file will open it in an editor. Executing the command on a folder in your workspace will expanded the folder in the Project Explorer view. If the resource is a folder outside the workspace it will be selected and expanded in the Remote Systems view.


The command pick-up allows you to view the contents of a directory or navigate to a file and automatically open it.

The format of the command for a directory is:

pick-up foo/

Executing the command on a directory will write the contents of the directory to the screen.


The format of the command for a file is:

pick-up foo/pom.xml

Using the command to open a file will open it in an editor.