Sublime Text from Command Line

Question

I installed Sublime Text and wanted to know how to open rb files in it from the terminal. I saw What is the command to make Sublime Text my core editor? and I s

Answer 1

From build 3065 (Release Date: 29 August 2014) onwards Sublime text includes a command line helper, nameley subl.exe. It is at sublime's installation folder: copy it in to a folder included in the system path. For example, in my case I copied it

from C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3

to C:\Windows\System32

You may then use in your terminal/console subl as a command to open whatever file, such as in your example:

subl file.rb

Or you may as well modify your system PATH variable to include sublime's instalation folder, but I believe that is much more involved.

Answer 2

I've created subl.bat in C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2 with contents:

start sublime_text.exe %*

Now that I have C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2 in PATH, I can simply type 'subl folder' and it works wonderfully without having to add anything to autostart.

Answer 3

    @echo off
    :: File: TextFiles.Starter.DESKTOP-M175NUE.cmd v1.1.0 docs at the end 

    :: this just an iso-8601 wrapper for windows:
    :: src: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/iso8601.html
    call GetNiceTime.cmd

    :: go the run dir
    cd %~dp0z

    :: this is the dir containing the batch file
    set _MyDir=%CD%

    :: look around , set vars
    for %%A in (%0) do set _MyDriveLetter=%%~dA
    for %%A in (%0) do set _MyPath=%%~pA
    for %%A in (%0) do set _MyName=%%~nA
    for %%A in (%0) do set _MyEtxtension=%%~xA

    :: contains absolute file paths of the files to open like this
    set _ListFile=%_MyDir%\%_MyName%.lst
    :: example of lines in the list file - take out the ::space
    :: C:\Users\ysg\Desktop\TextFiles.Starter.DESKTOP-M175NUE.cmd
    :: C:\Users\ysg\Desktop\TextFiles.Starter.DESKTOP-M175NUE.lst


    :: set _Program="C:\Program Files\TextPad 8\TextPad.exe"
    set _Program="C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\sublime_text.exe"
    set _
    :: DEBUG PAUSE

    :: sleep 2
    ping -n 2 www.google.com > NUL

    :: for each line of the cat file do open 
    :: for TextPad , obs note the quoting 
    :: for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('type "%_ListFile%"') do ^
    :: cmd /c "%_Program% "%%i""

    :: for sublime, obs note the quoting 
    for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('type "%_ListFile%"') do ^
    cmd /c "%_Program% -t "%%i""
    :: DEBUG PAUSE

    :: Purpose: 
    :: to start a list of non-binary files from a list file on Windows 10
    :: Tested on Windows 10, should work on Win7 too
    :: 
    :: Requirements:
    :: TextPad 8 or Sublime
    :: 
    :: 
    :: Usage: 
    :: copy this file onto your Desktop, list the absolute paths in to the list file 
    :: change the program name in the _Program if if you want other editor
    :: 
    :: VersionHistory: 
    :: 1.1.0 --- 2017-10-06 09:42:54 --- ysg --- added sublime 
    :: 1.0.1 --- 2013-04-15 08:19:10 --- ysg --- added - todo-%today%.txt file opening
    :: 1.0.0 --- 2012-05-23 09:08:57 --- ysg -- Initial creation 

Answer 4

go to enviroment and add sublime text folder to system path directory , dont add anything to system 32 directory it's just making a mess ,after that you can type ''' subl mytext.txt ''' in cmd.

Answer 5

1. In the Environmental variable I added %SUBLIME_HOME% variable to the path variable as well

2. Then made a symbolic link from my Command terminal

mklink sb sublime_text.exe

Answer 6

try this:

alias subl='"/c/Program Files/Sublime Text 2/sublime_text.exe"'

make sure that the sublime install which directory. It will create the alias for sublime then type:

subl file.rb