diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 871a95c190..41c3eab821 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1097,6 +1097,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "plist",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
+ "util",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2675,6 +2676,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "postage",
  "settings",
  "text",
+ "util",
  "workspace",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index 9b8009dd69..2b4a375a5b 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dirs = "3.0"
 ipc-channel = "0.16"
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_derive.workspace = true
+util = { path = "../util" }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 core-foundation = "0.9"
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/main.rs b/crates/cli/src/main.rs
index 0ae4d2477e..80ec2bbf99 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     ptr,
 };
+use util::paths::PathLikeWithPosition;
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[clap(name = "zed", global_setting(clap::AppSettings::NoAutoVersion))]
@@ -24,8 +25,11 @@ struct Args {
     #[clap(short, long)]
     wait: bool,
     /// A sequence of space-separated paths that you want to open.
-    #[clap()]
-    paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    ///
+    /// Use `path:line:row` syntax to open a file at a specific location.
+    /// Non-existing paths and directories will ignore `:line:row` suffix.
+    #[clap(value_parser = parse_path_with_position)]
+    paths_with_position: Vec<PathLikeWithPosition<PathBuf>>,
     /// Print Zed's version and the app path.
     #[clap(short, long)]
     version: bool,
@@ -34,6 +38,14 @@ struct Args {
     bundle_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
+fn parse_path_with_position(
+    argument_str: &str,
+) -> Result<PathLikeWithPosition<PathBuf>, std::convert::Infallible> {
+    PathLikeWithPosition::parse_str(argument_str, |path_str| {
+        Ok(Path::new(path_str).to_path_buf())
+    })
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 struct InfoPlist {
     #[serde(rename = "CFBundleShortVersionString")]
@@ -50,7 +62,11 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         return Ok(());
     }
 
-    for path in args.paths.iter() {
+    for path in args
+        .paths_with_position
+        .iter()
+        .map(|path_with_position| &path_with_position.path_like)
+    {
         if !path.exists() {
             touch(path.as_path())?;
         }
@@ -60,9 +76,13 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     tx.send(CliRequest::Open {
         paths: args
-            .paths
+            .paths_with_position
             .into_iter()
-            .map(|path| fs::canonicalize(path).map_err(|error| anyhow!(error)))
+            // TODO kb continue sendint path with the position further
+            .map(|path_with_position| path_with_position.path_like)
+            .map(|path| {
+                fs::canonicalize(&path).with_context(|| format!("path {path:?} canonicalization"))
+            })
             .collect::<Result<Vec<PathBuf>>>()?,
         wait: args.wait,
     })?;
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
index 915bd14786..b6d44397a9 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ const MAX_SELECTION_HISTORY_LEN: usize = 1024;
 const COPILOT_DEBOUNCE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(75);
 
 pub const FORMAT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
-pub const FILE_ROW_COLUMN_DELIMITER: char = ':';
 
 #[derive(Clone, Deserialize, PartialEq, Default)]
 pub struct SelectNext {
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/items.rs b/crates/editor/src/items.rs
index a99f9c3d08..1a9fcc963e 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/items.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/items.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use crate::{
     display_map::ToDisplayPoint, link_go_to_definition::hide_link_definition,
     movement::surrounding_word, persistence::DB, scroll::ScrollAnchor, Anchor, Autoscroll, Editor,
     Event, ExcerptId, ExcerptRange, MultiBuffer, MultiBufferSnapshot, NavigationData, ToPoint as _,
-    FILE_ROW_COLUMN_DELIMITER,
 };
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use collections::HashSet;
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 use text::Selection;
-use util::{ResultExt, TryFutureExt};
+use util::{paths::FILE_ROW_COLUMN_DELIMITER, ResultExt, TryFutureExt};
 use workspace::item::{BreadcrumbText, FollowableItemHandle};
 use workspace::{
     item::{FollowableItem, Item, ItemEvent, ItemHandle, ProjectItem},
diff --git a/crates/file_finder/src/file_finder.rs b/crates/file_finder/src/file_finder.rs
index 6447706358..fae9bd565c 100644
--- a/crates/file_finder/src/file_finder.rs
+++ b/crates/file_finder/src/file_finder.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use editor::{scroll::autoscroll::Autoscroll, Bias, Editor, FILE_ROW_COLUMN_DELIMITER};
+use editor::{scroll::autoscroll::Autoscroll, Bias, Editor};
 use fuzzy::PathMatch;
 use gpui::{
     actions, elements::*, AppContext, ModelHandle, MouseState, Task, ViewContext, WeakViewHandle,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::{
     },
 };
 use text::Point;
-use util::{post_inc, ResultExt};
+use util::{paths::PathLikeWithPosition, post_inc, ResultExt};
 use workspace::Workspace;
 
 pub type FileFinder = Picker<FileFinderDelegate>;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub struct FileFinderDelegate {
     search_count: usize,
     latest_search_id: usize,
     latest_search_did_cancel: bool,
-    latest_search_query: Option<FileSearchQuery>,
+    latest_search_query: Option<PathLikeWithPosition<FileSearchQuery>>,
     relative_to: Option<Arc<Path>>,
     matches: Vec<PathMatch>,
     selected: Option<(usize, Arc<Path>)>,
@@ -66,31 +66,9 @@ pub enum Event {
 struct FileSearchQuery {
     raw_query: String,
     file_query_end: Option<usize>,
-    file_row: Option<u32>,
-    file_column: Option<u32>,
 }
 
 impl FileSearchQuery {
-    fn new(raw_query: String) -> Self {
-        let mut components = raw_query
-            .as_str()
-            .splitn(3, FILE_ROW_COLUMN_DELIMITER)
-            .map(str::trim)
-            .fuse();
-        let file_query = components.next().filter(|str| !str.is_empty());
-        let file_row = components.next().and_then(|row| row.parse::<u32>().ok());
-        let file_column = components.next().and_then(|col| col.parse::<u32>().ok());
-
-        Self {
-            file_query_end: file_query
-                .filter(|_| file_row.is_some())
-                .map(|query| query.len()),
-            file_row,
-            file_column,
-            raw_query,
-        }
-    }
-
     fn path_query(&self) -> &str {
         match self.file_query_end {
             Some(file_path_end) => &self.raw_query[..file_path_end],
@@ -152,7 +130,7 @@ impl FileFinderDelegate {
 
     fn spawn_search(
         &mut self,
-        query: FileSearchQuery,
+        query: PathLikeWithPosition<FileSearchQuery>,
         cx: &mut ViewContext<FileFinder>,
     ) -> Task<()> {
         let relative_to = self.relative_to.clone();
@@ -183,7 +161,7 @@ impl FileFinderDelegate {
         cx.spawn(|picker, mut cx| async move {
             let matches = fuzzy::match_path_sets(
                 candidate_sets.as_slice(),
-                query.path_query(),
+                query.path_like.path_query(),
                 relative_to,
                 false,
                 100,
@@ -206,18 +184,18 @@ impl FileFinderDelegate {
         &mut self,
         search_id: usize,
         did_cancel: bool,
-        query: FileSearchQuery,
+        query: PathLikeWithPosition<FileSearchQuery>,
         matches: Vec<PathMatch>,
         cx: &mut ViewContext<FileFinder>,
     ) {
         if search_id >= self.latest_search_id {
             self.latest_search_id = search_id;
             if self.latest_search_did_cancel
-                && Some(query.path_query())
+                && Some(query.path_like.path_query())
                     == self
                         .latest_search_query
                         .as_ref()
-                        .map(|query| query.path_query())
+                        .map(|query| query.path_like.path_query())
             {
                 util::extend_sorted(&mut self.matches, matches.into_iter(), 100, |a, b| b.cmp(a));
             } else {
@@ -265,7 +243,19 @@ impl PickerDelegate for FileFinderDelegate {
             cx.notify();
             Task::ready(())
         } else {
-            self.spawn_search(FileSearchQuery::new(raw_query), cx)
+            let raw_query = &raw_query;
+            let query = PathLikeWithPosition::parse_str(raw_query, |path_like_str| {
+                Ok::<_, std::convert::Infallible>(FileSearchQuery {
+                    raw_query: raw_query.to_owned(),
+                    file_query_end: if path_like_str == raw_query {
+                        None
+                    } else {
+                        Some(path_like_str.len())
+                    },
+                })
+            })
+            .expect("infallible");
+            self.spawn_search(query, cx)
         }
     }
 
@@ -286,12 +276,12 @@ impl PickerDelegate for FileFinderDelegate {
                 let row = self
                     .latest_search_query
                     .as_ref()
-                    .and_then(|query| query.file_row)
+                    .and_then(|query| query.row)
                     .map(|row| row.saturating_sub(1));
                 let col = self
                     .latest_search_query
                     .as_ref()
-                    .and_then(|query| query.file_column)
+                    .and_then(|query| query.column)
                     .unwrap_or(0)
                     .saturating_sub(1);
                 cx.spawn(|_, mut cx| async move {
@@ -477,10 +467,13 @@ mod tests {
                 .latest_search_query
                 .as_ref()
                 .expect("Finder should have a query after the update_matches call");
-            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.raw_query, query_inside_file);
-            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.file_row, Some(file_row));
-            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.file_column, Some(file_column as u32));
-            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.file_query_end, Some(file_query.len()));
+            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.path_like.raw_query, query_inside_file);
+            assert_eq!(
+                latest_search_query.path_like.file_query_end,
+                Some(file_query.len())
+            );
+            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.row, Some(file_row));
+            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.column, Some(file_column as u32));
         });
 
         let active_pane = cx.read(|cx| workspace.read(cx).active_pane().clone());
@@ -564,10 +557,13 @@ mod tests {
                 .latest_search_query
                 .as_ref()
                 .expect("Finder should have a query after the update_matches call");
-            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.raw_query, query_outside_file);
-            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.file_row, Some(file_row));
-            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.file_column, Some(file_column as u32));
-            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.file_query_end, Some(file_query.len()));
+            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.path_like.raw_query, query_outside_file);
+            assert_eq!(
+                latest_search_query.path_like.file_query_end,
+                Some(file_query.len())
+            );
+            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.row, Some(file_row));
+            assert_eq!(latest_search_query.column, Some(file_column as u32));
         });
 
         let active_pane = cx.read(|cx| workspace.read(cx).active_pane().clone());
@@ -634,7 +630,7 @@ mod tests {
             )
         });
 
-        let query = FileSearchQuery::new("hi".to_string());
+        let query = test_path_like("hi");
         finder
             .update(cx, |f, cx| f.delegate_mut().spawn_search(query.clone(), cx))
             .await;
@@ -719,8 +715,7 @@ mod tests {
         });
         finder
             .update(cx, |f, cx| {
-                f.delegate_mut()
-                    .spawn_search(FileSearchQuery::new("hi".to_string()), cx)
+                f.delegate_mut().spawn_search(test_path_like("hi"), cx)
             })
             .await;
         finder.read_with(cx, |f, _| assert_eq!(f.delegate().matches.len(), 7));
@@ -758,8 +753,7 @@ mod tests {
         // is included in the matching, because the worktree is a single file.
         finder
             .update(cx, |f, cx| {
-                f.delegate_mut()
-                    .spawn_search(FileSearchQuery::new("thf".to_string()), cx)
+                f.delegate_mut().spawn_search(test_path_like("thf"), cx)
             })
             .await;
         cx.read(|cx| {
@@ -779,8 +773,7 @@ mod tests {
         // not match anything.
         finder
             .update(cx, |f, cx| {
-                f.delegate_mut()
-                    .spawn_search(FileSearchQuery::new("thf/".to_string()), cx)
+                f.delegate_mut().spawn_search(test_path_like("thf/"), cx)
             })
             .await;
         finder.read_with(cx, |f, _| assert_eq!(f.delegate().matches.len(), 0));
@@ -826,8 +819,7 @@ mod tests {
         // Run a search that matches two files with the same relative path.
         finder
             .update(cx, |f, cx| {
-                f.delegate_mut()
-                    .spawn_search(FileSearchQuery::new("a.t".to_string()), cx)
+                f.delegate_mut().spawn_search(test_path_like("a.t"), cx)
             })
             .await;
 
@@ -884,8 +876,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         finder
             .update(cx, |f, cx| {
-                f.delegate_mut()
-                    .spawn_search(FileSearchQuery::new("a.txt".to_string()), cx)
+                f.delegate_mut().spawn_search(test_path_like("a.txt"), cx)
             })
             .await;
 
@@ -928,8 +919,7 @@ mod tests {
         });
         finder
             .update(cx, |f, cx| {
-                f.delegate_mut()
-                    .spawn_search(FileSearchQuery::new("dir".to_string()), cx)
+                f.delegate_mut().spawn_search(test_path_like("dir"), cx)
             })
             .await;
         cx.read(|cx| {
@@ -937,4 +927,18 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(finder.delegate().matches.len(), 0);
         });
     }
+
+    fn test_path_like(test_str: &str) -> PathLikeWithPosition<FileSearchQuery> {
+        PathLikeWithPosition::parse_str(test_str, |path_like_str| {
+            Ok::<_, std::convert::Infallible>(FileSearchQuery {
+                raw_query: test_str.to_owned(),
+                file_query_end: if path_like_str == test_str {
+                    None
+                } else {
+                    Some(path_like_str.len())
+                },
+            })
+        })
+        .unwrap()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/go_to_line/Cargo.toml b/crates/go_to_line/Cargo.toml
index f279aca569..8f99aa366c 100644
--- a/crates/go_to_line/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/go_to_line/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ settings = { path = "../settings" }
 text = { path = "../text" }
 workspace = { path = "../workspace" }
 postage.workspace = true
+util = { path = "../util" }
diff --git a/crates/go_to_line/src/go_to_line.rs b/crates/go_to_line/src/go_to_line.rs
index 072ba2f199..967f17b794 100644
--- a/crates/go_to_line/src/go_to_line.rs
+++ b/crates/go_to_line/src/go_to_line.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use editor::{
-    display_map::ToDisplayPoint, scroll::autoscroll::Autoscroll, Editor, FILE_ROW_COLUMN_DELIMITER,
-};
+use editor::{display_map::ToDisplayPoint, scroll::autoscroll::Autoscroll, Editor};
 use gpui::{
     actions, elements::*, geometry::vector::Vector2F, AnyViewHandle, AppContext, Axis, Entity,
     View, ViewContext, ViewHandle,
@@ -10,6 +8,7 @@ use gpui::{
 use menu::{Cancel, Confirm};
 use settings::Settings;
 use text::{Bias, Point};
+use util::paths::FILE_ROW_COLUMN_DELIMITER;
 use workspace::{Modal, Workspace};
 
 actions!(go_to_line, [Toggle]);
diff --git a/crates/util/src/paths.rs b/crates/util/src/paths.rs
index a324b21a31..280d3cad02 100644
--- a/crates/util/src/paths.rs
+++ b/crates/util/src/paths.rs
@@ -70,3 +70,40 @@ pub fn compact(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
         path.to_path_buf()
     }
 }
+
+pub const FILE_ROW_COLUMN_DELIMITER: char = ':';
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct PathLikeWithPosition<P> {
+    pub path_like: P,
+    pub row: Option<u32>,
+    pub column: Option<u32>,
+}
+
+impl<P> PathLikeWithPosition<P> {
+    pub fn parse_str<F, E>(s: &str, parse_path_like_str: F) -> Result<Self, E>
+    where
+        F: Fn(&str) -> Result<P, E>,
+    {
+        let mut components = s.splitn(3, FILE_ROW_COLUMN_DELIMITER).map(str::trim).fuse();
+        let path_like_str = components.next().filter(|str| !str.is_empty());
+        let row = components.next().and_then(|row| row.parse::<u32>().ok());
+        let column = components
+            .next()
+            .filter(|_| row.is_some())
+            .and_then(|col| col.parse::<u32>().ok());
+
+        Ok(match path_like_str {
+            Some(path_like_str) => Self {
+                path_like: parse_path_like_str(path_like_str)?,
+                row,
+                column,
+            },
+            None => Self {
+                path_like: parse_path_like_str(s)?,
+                row: None,
+                column: None,
+            },
+        })
+    }
+}