Select a tab in Firefox from command line -

Select a tab in Firefox from command line -

firefox lets open new urls command line. there way select existing tab command line, title or url?

yes, there is:

install mozrepl addon
start it: tools -> mozrepl -> start
use telnet connect running mozrepl instance:
```
$ telnet 127.0.0.1 4242 
```
you can use rlwrap enable readline-like keybindings inside telnet session:
```
$ rlwrap telnet 127.0.0.1 4242 
```

define function searching tab given url , switching it. 1 https://github.com/emacsmirror/cedet/blob/master/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-mozrepl.el pretty cool:

function semanticselecttab(url) {      var numtabs=gbrowser.browsers.length;      for(i=0; i<numtabs-1; i++) {        if(gbrowser.browsers[i].contentdocument.location.href.indexof(url)>=0) {          gbrowser.tabcontainer.selectedindex=i;          break;        }      }    }

run this:

repl> semanticselecttab("https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31055148/select-a-tab-in-firefox-from-command-line")

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