How to open a .py file in sublime from a terminal console?

[joshmccraney]

Hi PF!

To open hello.py in the past I've used gedit hello.py but this opens the file in text editor. I would prefer to use sublime since it has features that are appealing to me. So my question is, how do I open hello.py in sublime from the terminal?

 

[PeterDonis]

sublime hello.py doesn't work?

 

[joshmccraney]

sublime hello.py doesn't work?

Didn't realize it was this simple; thanks! (it's actually subl hello.py, but thanks)

 

[PeterDonis]

Didn't realize it was this simple

On Unix-type systems it's a pretty general pattern that <program-name> <filename> at the shell opens the program operating on that file. Of course you still get curve balls like the program name being "subl" instead of "sublime".

 

[joshmccraney]

Got it! Fortunately tab kinda takes care of this :)

 

[jedishrfu]

On mac machine you can say:

$$ open <filename>

and it will select the proper editor or viewer or to be selective:

$$ open -a /Applications/MyFavoriteTextEditor.app <filename>

where MyfavoriteTextEditor is a subfolder in the /Applications folder.

I even added an alias like:

$$ alias ted=open -a /Applications/MyFavoriteTextEditor.app <filename>

$$ ted <filename>