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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Getting Started with Sass Installing and Using Sass

Rune Jacobsen
Rune Jacobsen
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Posted by Rune Jacobsen
Rune Jacobsen
15,650 Points

Error when trying to write "sass test.scss" on mac

Hello everyone.

I have run into a problem.

In the video, we are told to make a file called test.scss, and add some simple css. p { color: blue; }

Done, and saved it. But when i write sass test.scss in terminal, like we are told in the video, i get the following error: Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - test.scss Use --trace for backtrace.

Hope someone can help, and thank you!

Sean Pierce Sumler
Sean Pierce Sumler
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Sean Pierce Sumler
Sean Pierce Sumler
18,968 Points

While in the terminal are you in the proper directory?

Rune Jacobsen
Rune Jacobsen
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Rune Jacobsen
Rune Jacobsen
15,650 Points

Thanks for the reply. I am sorry if this sounds stupid, but it is my first time in terminal. How to i check this Sean?

Sean Pierce Sumler
Sean Pierce Sumler
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Sean Pierce Sumler
Sean Pierce Sumler
18,968 Points

Let's say you created the test.scss file and it's located on your desktop (thats usually where I'll put my test projects). When you open your terminal, by default you are in your root directory. On my mac the prompt looks like "Seans-MacBook-Air:~" the ~ symbol tells me that I'm in my root and that is as "deep" as one can go.

To navigate to your desktop from your root, you can try entering "cd desktop" (do not use the quotation marks) into the command line. Doing this will change directory (or cd) to your desktop. Same thing goes if your test.scss file is in a folder named "test-project" located on your desktop, starting from your root directory you would enter "cd desktop/test-project" into your command line.

Once your terminal is in the same directory as your test.scss file, everything should be working properly if you're following along with the video.

I'm still a little new to navigating the console as well. I took treehouse's Console Basics course and it really helped me. I highly recommend it. I hope this helps!

-Sean

Rune Jacobsen
Rune Jacobsen
15,650 Points
Rune Jacobsen
Rune Jacobsen
15,650 Points

Thank you Sean, this worked perfectly. You should write it as an answer so that I can mark it as the best answer.

5 Answers

Sean Pierce Sumler
Sean Pierce Sumler
18,968 Points
Sean Pierce Sumler
Sean Pierce Sumler
18,968 Points

Let's say you created the test.scss file and it's located on your desktop (thats usually where I'll put my test projects). When you open your terminal, by default you are in your root directory. On my mac the prompt looks like "Seans-MacBook-Air:~" the ~ symbol tells me that I'm in my root and that is as "deep" as one can go.

To navigate to your desktop from your root, you can try entering "cd desktop" (do not use the quotation marks) into the command line. Doing this will change directory (or cd) to your desktop. Same thing goes if your test.scss file is in a folder named "test-project" located on your desktop, starting from your root directory you would enter "cd desktop/test-project" into your command line.

Once your terminal is in the same directory as your test.scss file, everything should be working properly if you're following along with the video.

I'm still a little new to navigating the console as well. I took treehouse's Console Basics course and it really helped me. I highly recommend it. I hope this helps!

-Sean

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points
Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points

I highly recommend that you go through the Console Foundations course.

An easy way to get into the right directory would be to type the letters cd followed by a space, then drag and drop your folder into the terminal (which will put its path in there).

Rune Jacobsen
Rune Jacobsen
15,650 Points
Rune Jacobsen
Rune Jacobsen
15,650 Points

Thanks Ricardo, I will take a look at that!

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
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Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

What operating system are you using?

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Cool. Looks like Sean helped you out. There are some differences between the OS's command line which is why I asked, as far as which commands are available. Windows is the most difficult to work with. Fortunately you get to avoid that headache.

Niki Papageorgiou
Niki Papageorgiou
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Niki Papageorgiou
Niki Papageorgiou
2,270 Points

you can use https://prepros.io/downloads or https://mhs.github.io/scout-app/ to work with sass or less... is easy, fast, and you dont need to know all that type commands... and is working always!

:-)good luck!