Open terminal output in sublime2

Question

I want to open the output of terminal commands in sublime2.

e.g. when I do $ list , it lists all files/folders in terminal. I want that when I run this command a temporary text file should be created and output is opened in sublime2 editor. I have no intention to save it. I just want to open output in sublime2.

I've seen that you can open in textmate in Mac by piping out the output.

$ls | mate ( I am not sure about the syntax )

Answer 1

You can use a very simple script to do this.

Here is the script:

#! /bin/bash

"$@" > $$.txt
sublime-text $$.txt
rm $$.txt

Save it as sublime.sh (you can use any other name) and make it executable by running:

chmod +x sublime.sh

To use it:

./sublime.sh <command>

Example:

./sublime.sh ls -l

Explanation:

• Line 1 is the shebang, which just specifies the interpreter.
• Line 3 runs the command that you passed and saves it in a file named $$.txt. $$ returns the PID of the terminal you're using (feel free to use any other file name).
• Line 4 opens the file in sublime-text
• Line 5 deletes the file, since you don't want to save the file permanently.

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Update: You can also put it in your ~/.bashrc file to access it easily.

• Open a terminal.
• Go to home folder.

cd

• Open .bashrc file.

gedit .bashrc

• Copy the following at the end of the file.

function sublime()
{
    "$@" > ~/$$.txt
    sublime-text ~/$$.txt
    rm ~/$$.txt
}

• Run the following command to refresh:

. .bashrc

• Done!! Now use it:

sublime ls -l

Answer 2

I have used this method in the past to achieve what you want (I think)

ls -lrt > tmp.txt && gedit tmp.txt

obviously you need to change the reference to gedit so that it uses your prefered editor, in this case sublime.

My question would be what are you trying to achieve with this? It sounds like you are trying to record the output of your terminal sessions. If this is the case the you can use the "script" command

user@machine $ script ~/temp/terminal.txt

just type exit to quit recording

user@machine ~/temp $ exit
exit
Script done, file is /home/user/temp/terminal.txt

This should now mean terminal.txt contains a complete log of that session hope this helps