To open a file to edit in gedit I run gedit sample.py &
. But with Sublime Text it is simply subl sample.py
. This opens the file to edit and it doesn't run in the background (in my shell).
How would I do that with gedit?
I tried exec /usr/bin/gedit "$@"
(copied from /usr/bin/subl
) but it works like gedit &
.
Or alias ged="gedit $file &"
should do. What can I substitute $file
in the alias?
Best Answer
You could use this function:
It:
gedit
gedit
(using the full path/usr/bin/gedit
), passing all the arguments/files given to it using$@
& disown
sends it to background anddisown
detaches it from the terminal/shell.