atom Command Examples

A cross-platform pluggable text editor. Plugins are managed by apm. Note: Atom has been sunsetted and is no longer actively maintained. More information: https://atom.io/.

• Open a file or directory:

atom {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• Open a file or directory in a [n]ew window:

atom -n {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• Open a file or directory in an existing window:

atom --add {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• Open Atom in safe mode (does not load any additional packages):

atom --safe

• Prevent Atom from forking into the background, keeping Atom attached to the terminal:

atom --foreground

• Wait for Atom window to close before returning (useful for Git commit editor):

atom --wait