Is there a way to run only an “external tool” in a JetBrains “run configuration”

Question

Alle (or nearly all) \"run configurations\" in JetBrains IDEs provide an option to run an \"external tool\" as part of their execution. Is there a way to only run a

Answer 1

Not sure why you need it... I can suggest trying the Bash Support plugin (http://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/4230?pr=idea) - it has a kind of 'generic' run configuration that can be used for running arbitrary executable. See if it works for you. But note that it's a third-party plugin JetBrains is not responsible for