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

I created a simple batch file (s.bat) in the windows directory to start sublime text

This is the code I put in the batch file to start Sublime Text 2

@start "sublime" "%ProgramW6432%\Sublime Text 2\sublime_text.exe" %*

I call sublime by typing

s

I directly open a file using

s filename.ext

Answer 2

I wanted to start a new instance of Sublime Text from the command-line.. The following page helped me, even though it only says OSX: http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/osx_command_line.html.

So, I use a batch file in my user path to launch 'sublime'. Here is basically what I use (**the batch file contents):

@start "sublime" "%~dp0Sublime Text\sublime_text.exe" --new-window %*

(my batch file %~-dp0 is located one folder above the Sublime Text installation path.)

I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd add what I was looking for (and found). It might help someone else!

Answer 3

The accepted answer doesn't seem to work, at least for Sublime Text 3 on Windows 7. Copying the file directly into C:\Windows\System32 allows subl to resolve fine from the shell, but when I run it, nothing happens.

I've had more success with a hardlink:

mklink /h c:\windows\system32\subl.exe "c:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\subl.exe"

With that, subl <file.txt> and subl <directory> both work fine.