Compiling Sass Command Line Mac OS X

I am new to Sass. I believe it is installed correctly on my Mac as when typed the command

sass -v, I received the proper response back at the command line,  Sass 3.2.12 (Media Mark).

I have changed the permissions in /Library/Ruby/Gems/ to be read/write.

When I try to compile my scss file with the update command, all I get back in the terminal services window is a response confirming the directory name:

Example:
~/Desktop/LessSass/CH4>sass --update var_styles.scss


Here is the response
-bash: /Users/myname/Desktop/LessSass/CH4: is a directory

My Library/Ruby/Gems.2.0 folder  and my LessSass folder have write enabled on them, so I don't know what I am doing wrong.  I am not getting any errors back. I can't seem to get the files to compile at the command line.


Thank you.
LT
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Eoin OSullivanConsultantCommented:
First change your root directory to the target directory as follows
cd ~/Desktop/LessSass/CH4

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then run the sass compiler
sass --update var_styles.scss

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Do you still get errors?

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LT1415Author Commented:
That's it! Thanks. I thought I had already navigated to to directory but noooooo.
LT1415Author Commented:
I've requested that this question be closed as follows:

Accepted answer: 0 points for LT1415's comment #a39744851

for the following reason:

This resolved my problem.

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Eoin OSullivanConsultantCommented:
I could see your command line was wrong. That's why I suggested you split it to be sure all was ok.
If you want I can correct the command too but you should allocate points for the answer not close it yourself as you didn't provide a solution.
LT1415Author Commented:
Thank you I meant to assign the points. I am fumbling up just about everything today.
Eoin OSullivanConsultantCommented:
No sweat. It happens.
Eoin OSullivanConsultantCommented:
In terms of the original command ... 
cd ~/Desktop/LessSass/CH4 && sass --update var_styles.scss

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The above line will run the two commands one after another
cd ~/Desktop/LessSass/CH4  - changes the directory to CH4
sass --update var_styles.scss - executes the sass compiler
LT1415Author Commented:
Duly noted! thank you....I am hours old in SASS and the command line
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