In eclipse, reveal current file in filesystem

Question

In eclipse, is there a way, to reveal the currently selected file in the filesystem. I currently need it to open in explorer, but it could also be in finder or nautilus.

Answer 1

Try the EasyShell extension: http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/easyshell

Answer 2

• @VonC has given the solution, but this solutions helps to understand more and put shortcut to the feature:

• Explorer command line arguments

  • /select [object] - selects the file or folder in the new explorer window

• Directly we can not put shortcut to this feature, but setting shortcut to Last launched external Tool, we can put as follows:
  

Answer 3

I cannot seem to comment, so I will post as an answer instead On OSX the answer @zvikico is very close, I would change it to:

Location: /usr/bin/open
Arguments: -R ${container_loc}

The -R argument is a reveal in finder argument, as opposed to actually trying to open the file.

Then you just Run As Shell as mentioned in the other external tool answers

Answer 4

I've been recently using Eclipse Luna version, and it has that feature natively implemented, very nice!

In "Project Explorer" view, right click on the file you're interested in --> "Show In" --> "System Explorer"

Answer 5

Why don't you right click on your file and select "show in> system explorer" then you will find life is beautiful.

BTW, my eclipse version :Luna Service Release 1 (4.4.1)[for mac]

Answer 6

Adding Show in Nautilus using External Tools is pretty easy too, very similar to the process for Windows in VonC's answer. Simply create the following shell script, chmod +x it and add it to the PATH. Then use it in Eclipse's External Tools Configuration window, as shown in the screenshot below.

~/bin$ cat run-nautilus.sh 
#!/bin/bash
nautilus `dirname $1`