mate . command is not working in MAC OSX

Question

I am trying to open the content of a directory using text mate by mate . command.

But, I am getting the message :

-bash: mate: command not found

I tried the following command to fix it :

ln -s /Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Support/bin/mate /usr/local/bin/mate

but, unfortunately this did not do the trick for me. It gives me the message :

ln: /usr/local/bin/mate: File exists

How to fix this problem ?

Answer 1

ln -s /Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Support/bin/mate /usr/local/bin/mate 

worked for me after installing a MAC 10.9

Answer 2

For me TextMate shell command was not installed that is why i was getting this error. To fix this, go to TextMate preferences, click on Terminal icon then click on 'install' shell command if it's not already installed (if it's already installed you will get option to 'uninstall').

Answer 3

You can install the shell support in TextMate menu by the following steps:

Textmate -> Preference -> Terminal -> Install

Answer 4

ln -s /Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/Resources/mate /usr/local/bin/mate

works for mate 2.10

Answer 5

Make sure /usr/local/bin is on your $PATH.