is it possible to open a folder in Finder in the *current* space from the command line?

Question

i want to issue a terminal command (invoking AppleScript is fine) to open a path in a Finder window in the current space.

if the path is open in Finder in another space, i don't want to switch to that space or move that finder window to the current space. if the path is already open in a Finder window in the current space, either focusing on it or opening a new Finder window to it would be fine.

i run a lot of spaces that are setup for different tasks, and i don't want to remove the Finder window from any other space i might be using it or switch to any other space.

Answer 1

In Applescript, for example opening the Applications folder: -

tell application "Finder"
    make new Finder window to folder "Applications" of startup disk
end tell

You can save that as a script and call it from the command line with the osascript command, or you can execute it directly with the -e argument to osascript: -

osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to make new Finder window to folder "Applications" of startup disk'

If you would like to open a specific path, instead of a named folder, you can reference the path with this:-

POSIX file "/some/directory/path"

So, a complete script would be: -

tell application "Finder"
    activate
    make new Finder window to (POSIX file "/some/directory/path")
end tell

Note: the activate command focuses the Finder window, which is optional.