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A cross-platform pluggable text editor. Plugins are managed by `apm`. Note: Atom has been sunsetted and is no longer actively maintained. Use `zed` instead.

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Options (4)

-n, --new-windowboolean

Open a file or directory in a new window

Example: atom {{[-n|--new-window]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

-a, --addboolean

Open a file or directory in an existing window

Example: atom {{[-a|--add]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

-f, --foregroundboolean

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

Example: atom {{[-f|--foreground]}}

-w, --waitboolean

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

Example: atom {{[-w|--wait]}}

Examples (6)

Open a file or directory

atom path/to/file_or_directory

Open a file or directory in a new window

atom [-n|--new-window] path/to/file_or_directory

Open a file or directory in an existing window

atom [-a|--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 [-f|--foreground]

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

atom [-w|--wait]

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