Drag and drop files from the macOS terminal

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:00:00 -0400

Use this cool tool:

https://github.com/Wevah/dragterm

Steps to install:

git clone the above repo
cd dragterm
brew install cocoapods
g++ DTDraggingSourceView.m main.m -framework Cocoa -o drag
Add the folder to PATH

export PATH="<your drag term folder path>:$PATH"

Usage:

drag <filename>

Bonus

If you are using ranger or some other CLI based file manager, you can easily add support to dragging from terminal using dragterm with a key-map as follows:

map <C-d> shell drag %p

Paste the above to .config/ranger/rc.conf to map ctrl+d to drag a file from ranger

macos on Aldrin Jenson

Drag and drop files from the macOS terminal

Steps to install:

Usage:

Bonus