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✨ Open a file to a line number

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
swift
Domain
cli, desktop

Research direction

The issue only identifies the command-line CodeEdit opening flow, not a file or test. Trace that entry point to see how file.txt is parsed and opened, then verify that the requested file.txt:10 form opens the file at line 10 without breaking ordinary file opening.

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Description

enhancement
Description

I can open a file in the CodeEdit from the command line:

$ open -a CodeEdit file.txt

But I would like a way to open it to a file number, some editors do things like (e.g., to open to line 10):

$ open -a CodeEdit file.txt:10
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