How to Enable Command Line Access to Cursor AppImage
# --- Cursor CLI wrapper -----------------------------------
cursor() {
APP="$HOME/AppImages/cursor.appimage" # << change if needed
[ -x "$APP" ] || { echo "Cursor AppImage not found"; return 1; }
# forward every argument (`cursor .`, `cursor myfile.py` …)
nohup "$APP" --no-sandbox "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 & disown
exit
}
# ----------------------------------------------------------Don’t forget to chmod +x cursor.appimage in the AppImages folder.
Tested on:
- Ubuntu 22.x
- Ubuntu 24.x
- Fedora 42
Date
15.06.2025
Categories
- Linux
- WebDev
Tags
- bash
- cli
- cursor