sudo open -e ~/.bash_profile Permission denied mac

Question

I am trying to edit bash_profile file to add path to my sdk through the following command on my mac machine. sudo touch ~/.bash_profile; open -e ~/.bash_profile

It opens the file in TextEdit but does not allow me to edit it. Though i have given super-user permission and password while running the above command. It is giving me following message when i try to edit it.

"You don’t own the file “.bash_profile” and don’t have permission to write to it. You can duplicate this document and edit the duplicate. Only the duplicate will include your changes." I am new to mac. So please elaborate your answers.

Answer 1

For Mac User Catalina,

.bash_profile not open, they need grant permission to edit this file. You can achieve by below steps

1) Open the terminal and enter below command ex: sudo chown iMac ~/.bash_profile

sudo chown {your username} ~/.bash_profile

2) Open editor in the terminal, here i used nano

nano .bash_profile

3) Edit your text you want.

4) To save the changes you've made, press Ctrl + O

5) To exit nano, press Ctrl + X

6) And finally to load your changes, enter below command

source .bash_profile

Answer 2

The problem is that the file isn't owned by your user, but by root. You need to change the owner of the file to your user, then you can open and edit the file without the use of sudo:

sudo chown farheen ~/.bash_profile

This will, as the super-user, change the owner of the file back to you.