Cant access Coda application from command-line

Question

I am having trouble accessing Coda from command-line. I installed the "command-line coda" plug-in, verified that my installation is in the correct location, yet I still can seem to access Coda. Coda sits in my "Applications" folder which is the default location for the plug-in.

Anyone have have this problem? Any tips? On the their site it is recommended that you change the path.

export CODEPATH=/Applications/Coda.app

So I included the above line in my .bash_profile which did not help.

$ Coda -v
-bash: Coda: command not found

Thanks for any direction you can provide.

Answer 1

The default way to open an application on a Mac is to use open -a AppName so you should be able to change your bash profile to use that:

$ open -a Coda

I've created a bash script (as opposed to using the plugin) that Gregory Tomlinson originally posted about (it looks like he's since taken it down but it looks like the following).

Create a new file in /bin called coda:

$ cd /bin
$ sudo touch coda
$ vim coda

Hit an i to enter insert mode. Then include the following code:

#! /bin/bash
if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
    echo "Please specify a file to open or create"
    exit 0
else
    for ARG in $*
        do
            touch -a $ARG && open -a Coda $ARG 
        done
    exit 0
fi

Save and quit (hit the esc to exit insert mode then type :w !sudo tee % >/dev/null followed by the return key, press L for load when prompted, then type :q to quit). Then give that file execute permissions:

$ chmod u+x coda

Start a new Terminal window and you should be able to use:

$ coda filename.foo

Or just:

$ coda

Answer 2

For some strange reason, my paid registered Coda 2 app just wouldn't open for me this morning. I found this terminal command that worked for me:

open -a Coda\ 2

Answer 3

You can also put the following in your ~/.bash_profile file:

alias coda='open -a "Coda 2"'

Answer 4

I had a similar problem. After installing the plug-in, I still couldn't launch coda from the command line. I took a closer look at /user/local/bin and somehow the permissions had gotten reset so I didn't have execute permissions for /user/local/bin.

I updated my permissions with:

sudo chmod o=rx,g=rx /usr/local/bin

This solved my problem. However, Coda won't launch if the specified file does not exist, which makes it hard to create a file from the command line.