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Sublime Terminal Setup

Setup Terminal for Sublime Shorcut "subl":

Open terminal and type:

1. Create a directory at ~/bin:

mkdir ~/bin

2. Copy sublime executable to your ~/bin directory:

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

BASH (Mac OS default) - use these instructions unless you know you have zsh

3a. If using bash (Mac OS default) add line to ~/.bash_profile file:

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile

4a. Set sublime as your default editor

echo "export EDITOR='subl -w'" >> ~/.bash_profile

or

ZSH - if you don't know what zsh is you don't have it

3b. If using zsh add line to ~/.zshrc file:

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.zshrc

4b. Set sublime as your default editor

echo "export EDITOR='subl -w'" >> ~/.zshrc

5. Restart terminal and type:

subl .

Sublime should open up in the current directory.

6. Check unix commands:

ls

You should get a directory listing.


Windows

Put the C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2 in your PATH.

Create a subl.bat file and save it in the directory: C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2

Inside the file put: start sublime_text.exe %*

@imoby
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imoby commented Sep 20, 2015

I'd update this (which is very useful) to include the application name change for sublime text three which doesn't include the number at the end of the file name.

@kenju254
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Also got the same /Users/username/.zshrc:export:108: not valid in this context: -w kindly update

@bergerd1
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Thanks, this helped a lot!
Had to open the .zshrc file then remove the -w flag, save, restart terminal.

@herbiewalker
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bash file

before i learned to change the filename with Git i set the default app to sublime.... how do i change it back to the unknown file like it normally is?

@AakashL
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AakashL commented Apr 20, 2016

Thanks for the guide!
Got the subl command working on Babun shell for Windows.

@gabeborges
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Thanks man! So helpful!

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nefa commented Oct 3, 2016

10x!!!

@Johnsalzarulo
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Thanks so much. Super helpful.

@DannyFeliz
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Note:

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

The lastest versions of Sublime Text do not have the version number, so you should modify this line to

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

Thank you very much for this guide 🚀

@ConfusedVorlon
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the -w should be within the apostrophe's

echo "export EDITOR='subl -w'">> ~/.bash_profile

(assuming you want the shell to wait while you edit)

@CHENzeman
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Note:

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

The lastest versions of Sublime Text do not have the version number, so you should modify this line to

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

Thank you very much for this guide 🚀

Thanks for the tip!

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0x14Rp commented Aug 15, 2019

Excellent thanks for sharing 😊

@barnes7td
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Note:

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

The lastest versions of Sublime Text do not have the version number, so you should modify this line to

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

Thank you very much for this guide 🚀

Thanks for the tip!

Much Appreciated!

@barnes7td
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the -w should be within the apostrophe's

echo "export EDITOR='subl -w'">> ~/.bash_profile

(assuming you want the shell to wait while you edit)

Thanks for the fix. Updated.

@D-Shergill
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Thank You

@Sheldenshi
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Don't forget to run source ~/.bash_profile after make changes to .bash_profile

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lukyans commented Nov 13, 2020

Thank you!!!

@sarahlunette
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Hi, it is great and easy but at the end it says "zsh: command not found: subl".
What should I do ? Thanks

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thank you so much for the guide!

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