I'm trying to open a directory in sublime Text 3.
I can launch sublime from the command line using the subl
command.
The help text show the following:
Sublime Text build 3059 Usage: subl [arguments] [files] edit the given files or: subl [arguments] [directories] open the given directories or: subl [arguments] - edit stdin Arguments: --project <project>: Load the given project --command <command>: Run the given command -n or --new-window: Open a new window -a or --add: Add folders to the current window -w or --wait: Wait for the files to be closed before returning -b or --background: Don't activate the application -s or --stay: Keep the application activated after closing the file -h or --help: Show help (this message) and exit -v or --version: Show version and exit --wait is implied if reading from stdin. Use --stay to not switch back to the terminal when a file is closed (only relevant if waiting for a file). Filenames may be given a :line or :line:column suffix to open at a specific location.
Thus to open a directory I should be able to use the following
subl ./folder_name
but that does not work for me. Sublime does open (with a empty new document) and I cannot see the folder in the side bar.
Am I doing it wrong...
BTW. I'm using the fish shell with the 'Oh my fish' Add-on (I have also added the sublime add- on)...
Run this command in Terminal now when you type subl Sublime Text should open. Now to open a folder type subl . will open the current folder in Sublime Text.
Just Use the command subl to open sublime text from terminal. if you want to open a specific file use subl path/to/the/file .
Mac OSX You either have to have Sublime Text open already for the subl ./folder_name command to actually open the folder, or Sublime must have been quit with windows still open - if you close all the windows then quit Sublime, using the subl ./folder_name command will just open a blank Sublime window.
Sublime Text includes a command line tool, subl, to work with files on the command line. This can be used to open files and projects in Sublime Text, as well working as an EDITOR for unix tools, such as git and subversion. Some operating systems and installation methods will require a configuration change to make subl available on the PATH .
Put the path for your computers version of Sublime Text 3. For me it is: C:\Program Files\Sublime Text\sublime_text.exe . Make sure to have a full stop at the end. The full stop as a flag tells windows to open this folder/directory in Sublime Text 3. Test it in any folder you like. Done.
Follow the procedure… Open Sublime editor. Click on the Preferences and then select Browser Packages… It will open a new window. Create a new folder CMD (all uppercase letters). Create a file cmd.py. Write the below code and save the file.
Mac Or Linux Only
The best & safest way to do this is to create a symbolic link from the Sublime executable file (subl) to a folder already in your $PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin/
). If you do this; you won't have to update this every time sublime updates...
For users running BASH (i.e. most people):
ln -s '/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl' /usr/local/bin/subl
If that doesn't work, create a bin folder in your home directory (if one does not already exist), add it to your PATH variable and create a soft link to that file).
mkdir $HOME/bin export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH ln -s '/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl' $HOME/bin/subl
Then before you start using it properly, I would suggest taking a look at the help text first, which explains it's usage:
subl -h
e.g.
subl my_folder_name/filename.txt subl my_folder_name
to open a file and folder in Sublime respectively.
Taking it a step further
I use a BASH function to take this a step further with the following benefits:
s
(which is somewhat shorter than subl
).subl
/ s
.If you want, you can use this function by running the following (after running the above):
cd subl .bashrc
This should open the .bashrc
file in Sublime Text. Add the following to the bottom.
function s { if [ "$1" != "" ]; then subl $1 else subl $PWD fi }
Then you can open Sublime by simply typing in a s
(all the sublime arguments still work)...
(Side Point, I also use a similar function for open
(for mac) / or xdg-open (for ubuntu); where I shorten the command to just o
. I use it a lot to open the current directory in the file manager)...
Fish Shell Users (you know who you are)
The export line above will not work; so exchange it for the following
set PATH $HOME/bin:$PATH
Before Edit
I had different versions of the command line subl and sublime text three installed. I simply removed the subl command and then re-added and that fixed the problem for me...
For those who may find this useful - this is what I did:
subl -v
This showed me the build of the command-line sublime, when I checked this against the version of my actual Sublime, I noticed that the command line subl
was an older build. So I tried to find the location of the command line subl using the following command (for me this was /usr/bin/subl
):
which subl
So I first removed this older command-line sublime text.
sudo rm /usr/bin/subl (use `sudo` only if necessary)
And then re-added Subl to my PATH (as above)
To open sublime in the same folder you can simply type in your commandline:
subl .
In order to work you must configure some stuff:
1) To prevent the opening of previous projects you should set the following properties of your Sublime User Settings:
"hot_exit": false, "remember_open_files": false
2) In order to use subl.exe from anywhere you should add the Sublime folder in the environment variables. I.e. C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3
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