A quick and simple way to run arbitrary shell commands in Sublime Text 2.

Mr. Turtlestein acts as a more flexible alternative to Sublime's build systems. Commands run in your project's directory:

And display their output just like Sublime's build systems:

To pipe the current file or selections to the command, prepend a pipe character (i.e. |) to the command. To redirect a command's output to the view append an angle bracket (i.e. >) to the command. For example, | sort > will sort the active file or its selected lines.

Snippets are available for frequently used commands. All snippets with the scope name source.shell (source.dosbatch for Windows users) can be used in the prompt shown above. I have some examples you can take a look at to get an idea for this.

• Ctrl + Shift + C (Cmd + Shift + C): prompt for a shell command
• Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C (Cmd + Alt + Shift + C): launch a terminal in the window's directory

In your own Packages/User/Shell Turtlestein.sublime-settings file you can override the following settings:

• surround_cmd: A two-element array that specifies text to append before and after the command (e.g. ["source ~/.profile && ", ""]).
• exec_args: The arguments that will be passed to ExecCommand. The same options that are available to build systems are available here, but file_regex, line_regex, encoding, env, and path are the only options that make sense to use with this plugin. Arguments specified in the cmd_settings (see below) will override these defaults.
• cmd_settings: An array of configurations to use for commands that are executed. The first configuration to match the command being run will be used. The keys that each configuration should have are:
  • cmd_regex: A regex that must match the command for this configuration for this configuration to be used.
  • exec_args and surround_cmd override the settings described above for any matching command.

Q: Who the balls is Shell Turtlestein?

A: He was a pet turtle that died in some episode of Modern Family. That's about as high-brow as my references get. R.I.P. Shell :(

Q: What does "PAQ" stand for?

A: Possibly asked questions