Command-Line-Coda

The popular Mac text editor gets its missing command line function! Open files and data in Coda / Coda 2 from the Command Line.

Usage

Open one or multiple files with:

coda filename1 filename2 filename3 filename4 etc...

or pipe straight data into coda from stdin:

du -m ~/ | sort -nr | head -n 100 | coda

To Install

Copy and paste this into your Terminal:

echo '
IyBDb21tYW5kIExpbmUgQ29kYQpmdW5jdGlvbiBjb2RhKCkKewoJIyBkZWZpbmUgY29kYSBhcHAgcGF0aAoJY2w9Ii9BcHBsaWNhdGlvbnMvQ29kYSAyLmFwcC9Db250ZW50cy9NYWNPUy9Db2RhIDIiOwoJIyB0ZXN0IGZvciBjb2RhIGFwcAoJaWYgWyAhIC1mICIkY2wiIF07IHRoZW4gZWNobyAiV2hlcmUgaXMgeW91ciBDb2RhLmFwcCBmaWxlPyBGaW5kIGFuZCB0aGVuIHVwZGF0ZSBsb2NhdGlvbiBpbiB+Ly5iYXNoX3Byb2ZpbGUuIjsgZmk7CgkjIHRlc3QgZm9yIGNvbW1hbmQgbGluZSBpbnB1dHMKCWlmIFsgIiRAIiAhPSAiIiBdIDI+IC9kZXYvbnVsbDsgdGhlbgoJCSMgaW50ZXJwcmV0IGNvbW1hbmQgbGluZSBpbnB1dHMgYXMgZmlsZXMgYW5kIG9wZW4gdGhlbSB3aXRoIGNvZGEKCQlvcGVuIC1hICIkY2wiICIkQCI7CgllbHNlCgkJIyByZWFkIGZyb20gc3RhbmRhcmQgaW5wdXQgYW5kIGR1bXAgaW50byBhIHRlbXBvcmFyeSBmaWxlCgkJdG1wPWBta3RlbXAgIi90bXAvQ29kYVN0ZGluLlhYWFhYWCJgIi50eHQiOwoJCXdoaWxlIHJlYWQgZGF0YTsgZG8KCQkJZWNobyAiJHtkYXRhfSIgPj4gIiR0bXAiOwoJCWRvbmU7CgkJIyBvcGVuIHRlbXAgZmlsZSB3aXRoIGNvZGEKCQljb2RhICIkdG1wIjsKCWZpOwp9
' | base64 -D >> ~/.bash_profile;

And then open a new terminal to use coda.

The Code

You can manually add this code to your bash profile (~/.bash_profile):

# Command Line Coda
function coda()
{
	# define coda app path
	cl="/Applications/Coda 2.app/Contents/MacOS/Coda 2";
	# test for coda app
	if [ ! -f "$cl" ]; then echo "Where is your Coda.app file? Find and then update location in ~/.bash_profile."; fi;
	# test for command line inputs
	if [ "$@" != "" ] 2> /dev/null; then
		# interpret command line inputs as files and open them with coda
		open -a "$cl" "$@";
	else
		# read from standard input and dump into a temporary file
		tmp=`mktemp "/tmp/CodaStdin.XXXXXX"`".txt";
		while read data; do
			echo "${data}" >> "$tmp";
		done;
		# open temp file with coda
		coda "$tmp";
	fi;
}

To Do

• Flags? Do we need any?
• Support the * character? coda Febru*