Sublime Text 2 - Open CMD prompt at current or project directory (Windows)

Question

I have found the following Sublime command to be really useful since it opens an explorer window at the location of the current file:

{ \"keys\": [\"ctrl+alt         


        

Answer 1

A non-python method.

1. Go to Menu > Preferences > Browser Packages.
2. Open the user directory.
3. Create a new file cmdRunFromDIR.sublime-build and open in Sublime Text.

4. Paste the following...

   {
   "cmd": ["C:\\\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", "/C START &"],
   "working_dir": "$file_path"
   }
   

   The above will open the current folder but if you want the project directory then there's a whole host of different methods here. Note: That the & after START will then pass on the $file_path variable which can be changed to any of those below. I couldn't see any documentation for this. It was just trial and error on my behalf and makes sense if you think about it. So, if you try to pass "cmd": ["C:\\\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", "/C START & $file_path"] to will get an ERROR if the path has any whitespaces in it.

   $file_path  The directory of the current file, e.g., C:\Files.
   $file   The full path to the current file, e.g., C:\Files\Chapter1.txt.
   $file_name  The name portion of the current file, e.g., Chapter1.txt.
   $file_extension The extension portion of the current file, e.g., txt.
   $file_base_name The name-only portion of the current file, e.g., Document.
   $folder The path to the first folder opened in the current project.
   $project    The full path to the current project file.
   $project_path   The directory of the current project file.
   $project_name   The name portion of the current project file.
   $project_extension  The extension portion of the current project file.
   $project_base_name  The name-only portion of the current project file.
   $packages   The full path to the Packages folder.
   

5. For the keyboard shortcut go to Menu > Preferences > Key Bindings and paste the following code. This shortcut is CTRL+C,D.

       { "keys": ["alt+c,alt+d"], "command": "build", "args": { "file": "{packages}/User/cmdRunFromDIR.sublime-build" } }
   

6. Add , at the end of this line if it's not the last line in that file.

7. There's no requirement to restart Sublime Text.

8. You also access this via Menu > Tools > Build System > cmdRunFromDIR.
   Once this is done CTRL+B will run the command also.

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Useful links: See 1st link below for how to run .bat files directly from Sublime Text. Very little modification of the code above.

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Answer 2

I was looking for the same thing, except on Mac OS X. I also tried the

• Shell Turtlestein package

But I ended up using the

• Sublime Terminal package

for the following reasons:

• Shell Turtulestein's main purpose is another
• Sublime Terminal lets me use iTerm instead of built in terminal

Answer 3

1. Click the menu preference > Browser Packages in Sublime Text 2.
2. Create a folder Cmd in the directory opened in step 1.
3. Create a python file named cmd.py with the following code in the Cmd folder created in step 2.

import os, sublime_plugin
class CmdCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit):
        file_name=self.view.file_name()
        path=file_name.split("\\")
        current_driver=path[0]
        path.pop()
        current_directory="\\".join(path)
        command= "cd "+current_directory+" & "+current_driver+" & start cmd"
        os.system(command)

4. Create a file named Context.sublime-menu with the following code in the Cmd folder created in step 2.

[
     { "command": "cmd" }
]

5. Restart Sublime Text.

Now you can open the Cmd prompt at the current directory in the right-click context menu.

Answer 4

The Shell Turtlestein package also has a command for this.
With that package installed, you can type CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+C
(or CMD+SHIFT+ALT+C on mac) to open cmd/terminal in the current file's folder.

Answer 5

Just to expand on TomCaps answer, you can also open the command prompt at the root project folder (as was requested in the question), by changing step 3 to:

3. Create a python file named cmd.py with the following code in the cmd folder created in step 2.

   import os, sublime, sublime_plugin
   class CmdCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
       def run(self, edit):
           file_name=sublime.active_window().project_file_name()
           path=file_name.split("\\")
           current_driver=path[0]
           path.pop()
           current_directory="\\".join(path)
           command= "cd "+current_directory+" & "+current_driver+" & start cmd"
           os.system(command)