Open files in Emacs from iTerm w/ Semantic History

Finally cobbled together a solution...

See the comments in the file for setup instructions.

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# To set this up, open iTerm2 -> Preferences -> Profiles -> Advanced
+# In the "Semantic History" section, choose "Always run command..." from the
+# dropdown and set the input text to:
+# `~/dotfiles/emacs.d/open-from-iterm.sh \1 \2`
+
+# NOTE: need to get $PATH set in here
+# NOTE: these don't get forwarded into subshells
+# # Alias applications since $PATH is unavailable
+emacs=/usr/local/bin/emacsclient
+grep=/usr/local/bin/ggrep
+# tmux=/usr/local/bin/tmux
+# realpath=/Users/wpcarro/.nix-profile/bin/realpath
+
+
+e() {
+  # Useful debugger when paired with `tail -f /tmp/debug.log`
+  echo "$@" >>/tmp/debug.log
+}
+
+# Need to use tmux here since \5 doesn't work as expected with Tmux.
+pwd=$(/usr/local/bin/tmux display -pF '#{pane_current_path}')
+cd "$pwd" || exit
+path=$(/Users/wpcarro/.nix-profile/bin/realpath "$1")
+
+# This is a bit of a hack, but we cannot rely on iTerm to regex our paths
+file=$($grep -P -o '^[^:]+' <<<"$path")
+number=$($grep -P -o '(?<=:)[0-9]+(?=:[0-9]+:$)' <<<"$path")
+
+e "file:   $file"
+e "number: $number"
+
+$emacs -n -e "(find-file \"$file\")"
+
+if ! [ -z "$number" ]; then
+  $emacs -n -e "(goto-line $number)"
+fi