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D'Arcy Rittich
D'Arcy Rittich

Reputation: 171381

Go to line in Atom editor from command line

Most editors allow you to pass an argument when opening a file from the command line to go to a specific line number (and column) in the file.

How can I do this with Atom?

Upvotes: 21

Views: 11670

Answers (3)

Rodolfo Carvalho
Rodolfo Carvalho

Reputation: 1977

Atom can open files and go to a specific line/column from the command line by appending :line_number or :line_number:column_number to the file name/path.

Examples:

atom README.md:58
atom README.md:57:5
atom myproject/Makefile:5:2

If the file is already open, it will move the cursor to the desired position.

If the column is omitted, it goes to the first column. If the line/column is greater than the number of lines in the file or columns in the line, it goes to the last line/column.

Upvotes: 10

Pavan
Pavan

Reputation: 655

Atom commands are similar to Visual Studio and sublime text in this scenario. First press the Ctrl+G in your keyboard then you will redirect to command line in the Atom editor, then type line number to navigate that line Number.

Command Line for Atom

Upvotes: 22

Steve Ross
Steve Ross

Reputation: 1218

The proper format for doing this is the following:

filename.txt:linenumber

example:

atom /your/path/to/the/file.txt:208

Upvotes: 14

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