Using the Command-line Command to launch Sublime Text 2 on OS X

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I just started reading Michael Hartl's book on Rails and I've run across a problem in the setup phase. Hartl keeps referring to making a file in my home directory, but I'm not quite sure how to do this. For example, when I try to setup the command line for sublime text the instructions tell me to do this: Assuming you've placed Sublime Text 2 in the Applications folder, and that you have a ~/bin directory in your path, you can run:

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

My problem is that I don't know how to put a ~/bin directory in my path. I know this is real basic but any help would be greatly appreciation.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 04 '12 at 23:39

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create or edit ~/.profile (works with both bash and zsh)

add the following

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

The line above is saying, overwrite the PATH environment variable and set it to the previous path plus ~/bin

Now when you try to run a command, bash will look in all the colon separated paths in your PATH environment variable for an executable.

To see your entire PATH, type echo $PATH in a terminal. Or better yet, type env to see all environment variables.

edited Jun 04 '12 at 23:39

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answered Jun 04 '12 at 19:30

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That's the right way to add `~/bin` to your path, but you'll need to create the directory as well. To do that, type `mkdir ~/bin` in the Terminal. – Emily Jun 04 '12 at 19:31
Correct. This assumes `~/bin` exists. Thanks Emily. – Kyle Jun 04 '12 at 19:32
[see this SO post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/415403/whats-the-difference-between-bashrc-bash-profile-and-environment) – Kyle Jun 04 '12 at 19:34
@Kyle thanks, it's a mess. Each shell is different and I'm using zsh so I think it uses .zshrc always, independent if there is a login or not – Ismael Abreu Jun 04 '12 at 19:41

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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On your terminal

$ mkdir ~/bin
$ sudo ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/bin/subl

Edit ~/.base_profile

export PATH=$PATH:~/bin

usage:

open current directory:

subl .

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answered Jun 13 '13 at 10:03

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 04 '12 at 19:30

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In your ~/.bashrc file add to the end:

 PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"

answered Jun 04 '12 at 19:30

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Using the Command-line Command to launch Sublime Text 2 on OS X

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On your terminal

Edit ~/.base_profile

usage:

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