How to open Atom editor from command line in OS X?

Question

I have the Atom editor and was wondering how you can open a file or folder from the terminal in Atom. I am using a Mac. I am looking for a way to do this:

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Answer 1

In addition to @sbedulin (Greeting, lovely Windows users!)

The general path on Windows should be

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\atom\bin

If you are using a bash emulator like babun. You'd better checkout the shell files, which only available in the real app folders

/c/User//AppData/Local/atom/app-/resources/cli/apm.sh # or atom.sh