How to run system shell/terminal inside Eclipse?

Question

I am using Eclipse Neon, and I would like to execute system commands on a shell/terminal, inside Eclipse.

In particular, I will need to open the system shell using the path of the current project folder on which I'm working in Eclipse.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44220993/how-to-run-system-shell-terminal-inside-eclipse

Answer 1

In some Eclipse packages, like STS or Eclipse for JEE Developers, the Terminal is already installed in your IDE. If not, you can install the TM Terminal from the Eclipse */release update site, as you can see in the image below.

To open the command prompt (shell or terminal) using the path of a project directory inside Eclipse, you just need to select the folder, and press Ctrl+Alt+T, or right-click and select Show In Local Terminal > Terminal.

Then, the terminal will open in a new view inside Eclipse.