How can I open a specific folder directly in Cursor from the command line?

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I’m using Cursor and have downloaded the tool (cursor-0.44.5x86_64.AppImage) and extracted it using the following command:

./cursor-0.44.5x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract

To run the app, I use:

./AppRun

To make it smoother, I created a bash alias:

alias cursor="nohup /home/xxxxxx/Documents/cursor/squashfs-root/AppRun > /dev/null 2>&1 &"

This works well for launching the tool. However, I’d like to open a specific folder directly from the command line using a syntax like:

cursor /folder-path/

Currently, this does not work—the tool opens, but the specified folder isn’t opened within Cursor. Instead, I have to manually locate the folder or use the “Recent” feature in the app.

This functionality works in VS Code:

code /folder-path/

Is there a way to achieve this in Cursor? If not, could this feature be added?

Thanks for your help!

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This has already been answered in Opening current directory in cursor like you can do with "code ." in VSCode · Issue #1255 · getcursor/cursor · GitHub

You can open the command palette and type install cursor to find the command.