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Ruby

Posted by Tarry Quint
Tarry Quint
2,347 Points

Ruby on Rails: Subl - Command Not Found

Hey guys, I'm new to RoR and I'm having a problem with adding sublime text 2. I'm running mac os x 10.8.2.

Here is what I got:

$ cd first_app/ $ subl Gemfile -bash: subl: command not found

My sublime text 2 is in my applications folder. Please help, I'm stuck!

Thank You

5 Answers

Philipp Antar
Philipp Antar
7,216 Points
Philipp Antar
Philipp Antar
7,216 Points

Sorry, I'm just stupid. What I told you in my first reply will create a temporary alias. To make this permanent you have to add the same line

 alias subl='open -a /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app'

to the file "~/.bash_profile". To access this file open Sublime Text 2, press 'cmd'+'o' and in the following window press 'cmd'+'shift'+'period' (thats "."). This will show the hidden files in the your home directory, including bash_profile. If the file doesn't exist you can create it. Remember to save the .bash_profile file and restart your terminal for the changes to take effect.

Sorry for the confusion, I hope this helps :D

Philipp Antar
Philipp Antar
7,216 Points
Philipp Antar
Philipp Antar
7,216 Points

Run this in your terminal:

alias subl='open -a /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app'

This will create an alias, which will subsequently enable you to open sublime withe subl command. open -a stands for "open application".

To view all your aliases simply run alias in your terminal. To remove an alias run unalias aliasname. HTH :)

Tarry Quint
Tarry Quint
2,347 Points
Tarry Quint
Tarry Quint
2,347 Points

Thanks Philipp for your help. I ran that line of code and then viewed alias and it's in there.

But when I type the command:

subl Gemfile
-bash: subl: command not found

Still not working. Here is the ruby tutorial instructions I'm working on. http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book?version=3.2#sec-bundler

Maybe I'm missing something.

Thank You

Tarry Quint
Tarry Quint
2,347 Points
Tarry Quint
Tarry Quint
2,347 Points

No worries, your definitely much better at this then me!

I opened my home directory and bash_profile didn't exist. How do I go about saving .bash_profile?

Thank You.

Philipp Antar
Philipp Antar
7,216 Points
Philipp Antar
Philipp Antar
7,216 Points

Just save it as you would save any text file. However, be sure to put it in your home directory (the one that has your name on a normal OS X installation). And make sure to include the dot in front of the file name. Sublime will ask you if you are sure to use the dot (you are :D). Sublime will also inform you in case the file .bash_profile does exist. In that case you might be better off to append the line to an existing file so you don't break anything should you overwrite it.

FYI the dot in front of a file denotes hidden files, therefore you won't be able to see them in a normal Finder window. The keyboard shortcut I told you (cmd + shift + .) also only works in "open"-dialogs. Good luck :)