How to open a file in Eclipse AND jump to a specific line?

Question

I can open a file in exclipse, but is there any syntax to jump to a specific line?

VI can do this by

vi -c LINE filename

• Adisesha: I can not understand what you mean by syntax,but keyboard shortcut CTRL+L will open a popup and you can enter line number there.
• VonC: @Adi: CTRL+L would work only when "Editing Text", i.e if the file is already opened...
• Adisesha: @Von He mentioned 'I can open a file in eclipse', I guess he already know how to open.
• VonC: @Adi: I interpreted it as: "how to open file (not yet opened) directly to a specified line.

Answer 1

Not exactly the right answer, but for Java file, you can use the package explorer, or the outline view, useful to select a group of lines) and open the file to the line matching a Java element (class, method, variable, ...)

Eclipse open

Once the file is already opened, CTRL+L is the way to go to a line of the currently edited file, as Adi mentions in the comment.

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Answer 2

Finally fixed!!

On Windows:

eclipsec.exe -name Eclipse --launcher.openFile %USERPROFILE%\workspace\MyClass.java:50

On Linux/Mac:

eclipse -name Eclipse --launcher.openFile ~/workspace/MyClass.java:50

Answer 3

Only tested on MARS:

Preferences> Keys> "Open from Clipboard"

Assign key binding.

1. Copy i.e. log entry in format Main.java:1
2. Press chosen key binding
3. voilà

In latest Version [Oxygen] key was ctrl+shift+v

• Clyt: This should be the accepted solution as its inbuilt into eclipse and allows for easy navigation fro m a log stack trace to the class file

Answer 4

1. CTRL+SHIFT+R (Open Resource) or CTRL+SHIFT+T (Open Type, for classes only)

2. Type the name / the start of the name / the first letters of a camel case name

3. CTRL+L (Go to line)

Answer 5

Hmm. For me it works on Windows as simple as

eclipse.exe path\filename.ext:42

(I was actually looking for a consistent solution across IDEs.
Pycharm offers pycharm.exe path:number as well but it does not seem to work :/)

Answer 6

Try

eclipse.exe file.txt:22 

for newer versions of eclipse, and

eclipse.exe file.txt+178

for older ones.

Answer 7

Continuing from @raho's response, the complete menu path is: Window -> Preferences -> General -> Keys

This won't work on c++ as far as I can tell.

(I'm using Oxygen 4.7.1a)