When Atom editor is installed, it creates a symbolic link in /usr/local/bin folder. Get the new folder path where atom editor installable file resides and run the following command in the terminal $ ln -s /NewFolder/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/atom.sh /usr/local/bin/atom If a link is already created for the atom editor, then you need to remove the existing symbolic link before creating a new one $ unlink AtomSymbolicLink (OR) $ rm AtomSymbolicLink

When atom installs, it sets up a symbolic link to the location where it is installed. You can open a file or folder in atom by using the following commands a) Open the editor $ atom b) Open a file $ atom index.html c) Open atom in the current folder $ atom .