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I am running Ubuntu 15.10. After downloading the Atom editor, I can not find where exactly on my system it is installed. I tried running which atom /usr/bin/atom

However, after navigating to the /bin directory, I can only find a text file named Atom with some code in it, and not the actual application.

I need the application file because I want to select it in my web browser so that I can open files directly into Atom, without saving them into my computer. Any guidance would be appreciated.

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The file atom in /usr/bin is the shell script which launches the atom binary file.

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  • I was not aware this could launch the application. Thanks! – abruzzi26 Sep 10 '16 at 12:30
  • Is there any way to get the application itself, and not the script? – abruzzi26 Sep 10 '16 at 12:47
  • @abruzzi26 I'd take under consideration that there's probably a good reason for the existence of the script and use it for the purpose you asked about. If you think you know better, you could simply look at the source of the script and find out what it does, now that you know where to find it. – idleberg Sep 12 '16 at 08:25
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    The atom binary file is in /usr/share/atom, if that helps. So running /usr/share/atom/atom should launch Atom, although I stand by idleberg's recommendation to use the /usr/bin/atom shell script to launch Atom. – Josh Pinto Sep 16 '16 at 12:41
  • Why can't I reach inside cd ~/usr/bin with ~ – Giorgi Gvimradze Mar 28 '19 at 15:56
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    @GiorgiGvimradze Because ~ is your home path and usr is located at the root, not your home path. – snh Aug 15 '20 at 19:05
  • @JoshPinto thanks your solution worked. I used it to change default editor in Firezilla. – King Of The Jungle Nov 21 '22 at 01:53