Command line 'subl' not working for Sublime Text 2

Question

Tried setting up Sublime Text 2 using an alias and then a ln syslink Alias:

alias subl='/Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl'

Then Syslink

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

Both returned the error:

~bash: /Applications/Sublime: No such file or directory

So I tried going into /Applications/Sublime\\ Text\\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/ and running subl directly out of frustration and discovered that subl was actually returning the error.

~bash: /Applications/Sublime: No such file or directory

The alias and syslink had worked it was subl that was returning the error. Any ideas of how to correct this?

Answer 1

Your alias is set up incorrectly, and is overriding your symlink as aliases are evaluated by the shell before searching $PATH . Try running the following (note the double quotes and the lack of escape sequences):

alias subl="/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl"

If that works, you can then add it to your ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile , whichever you use.