Tips for windows developer working on Mac–Tip # 2

Many times you want to run a text editor from terminal.  May be you want to edit a .bashrc file or a .gitignore file.  I use my favorite editor that works on both windows and mac, Sublime Text

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin

once you typed that command from terminal, you can now open files using sublime directly from your terminal by typing

subl ~/.bashrc

Tips for windows developer working on Mac–Tip # 1

Files/folder with names starting with period are hidden by default in Finder.  So files like .bashrc or .gitignore are not can’t be found.  Running following commands from the terminal fixes that issue

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

killall Finder

Second command restarts the finder.