sudo open -e ~/.bash_profile Permission denied mac

Question

I am trying to edit bash_profile file to add path to my sdk through the following command on my mac machine. sudo touch ~/.bash_profile; open -e ~/.bash_profile

It opens the file in TextEdit but does not allow me to edit it. Though i have given super-user permission and password while running the above command. It is giving me following message when i try to edit it.

"You don’t own the file “.bash_profile” and don’t have permission to write to it. You can duplicate this document and edit the duplicate. Only the duplicate will include your changes." I am new to mac. So please elaborate your answers.

Answer 1

The problem is that the file isn't owned by your user, but by root. You need to change the owner of the file to your user, then you can open and edit the file without the use of sudo:

sudo chown farheen ~/.bash_profile

This will, as the super-user, change the owner of the file back to you.

Answer 2

OR

You can give permission and make it executable file using like below:

That error likely means that 'bash_profile' isn't executable. If it's in the current directory, you can make it executable with chmod +x bash_profile.