Question: **Want:**

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> How do I run Julia files from my Mac terminal?
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Julia on Mac is an app.

On terminal when I type `$julia` it is not a valid command. 

How do I get to autocomplete julia as a legit command?

Answer: 
**Answer:**

1. Install [Julia](http://julialang.org/downloads/)
2. `echo "alias julia='/Applications/Julia-0.3.9.app/Contents/Resources/julia/bin/julia'" >> ~/.bash_profile`
3. Close and re-Open Terminal
4. then just type

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> $ julia
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Voilá! Julia from Mac Terminal!
Link the julia exectable into one of the directoties in your PATH. For example:

```
ln -s /Applications/Julia-0.3.6.app/Contents/Resources/julia/bin/julia /usr/bin

```

You could also use homebrew to install julia <http://brew.sh>, since the julia hb julia formula appears to do that automatically.