How to set .bash_profile, if it does not exist yet. I want to launch sublime from a command line in Mac

Question

I want to launch sublime from a command line in Mac, using subl filename. It seems to involve dealing with .bash_profile. But I didn\'t locate the

Answer 1

Q1. How to check if .bash_profile exists or not in my mac?

Solution: If you're using macOS 10.14 (Mojave) or below. Then open the Terminal.app. Run the following command to check if the .bash_profile exists or not in your mac.

if [ -r ~/.bash_profile ];
    then
        echo "Yes, file exists"
    else
        echo "No, file does not exists"
fi

After running the above command if you get the following line - "Yes, file exists" printed in your Terminal.app. That means the file exists in your mac.

If you get the following line - "No, file does not exist" printed in your Terminal.app. That means the file does not exist in your mac.

To create a .bash_profile file in your mac. Run the following command,

touch ~/.bash_profile

To restrict access to the .bash_profile. Run the following command,

chmod 700 ~/.bash_profile

Q2. I want to launch sublime from a command line in Mac?

Solution: To launch sublime from mac. You can make a symlink to subl. Assuming you've placed Sublime Text in the Applications folder, and that you have a ~/bin directory in your path, you can run the following command:

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

For more details visit the official sublime documentation