Run Open VSCode from Mac Terminal

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I d like to run   open Visual Studio Code from the Mac OSX Terminal by running this command code     I found instructions here   https   code visualstudio com Docs setup  Apparently I need to include this in my  bashrc file  so I did  but to no avail   code          if         0        then         open -a  Visual Studio Code      else             1          amp  amp  F   1     F   PWD   1              open -a  Visual Studio Code  --args   F      fi     I edited the  bashrc file here      bashrc which points to  Users username  bashrc  Which  bashrc should I be editing

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If you are on Mac OSX Maverick  it s    bash profile not    bashrc  Try putting the code in there  close the terminal and then try again  Should be working

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I just want to pull out Benjamin Pasero s answer from inside his comment as it seems the best solution  It is the tip given on the Setting up Visual Studio Code page where it says      If you want to run VS Code from the terminal  append the following to your    bash profile file     zshrc in case you use zsh    code      VSCODE CWD   PWD  open -n -b  com microsoft VSCode  --args         Now  you can simply type code   in any folder to start editing files in that folder   Or code test txt to go to work on the test txt file

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I moved VS Code from Downloads folder to Applications  and then i was able to run code in the terminal  I guess  it might help you too

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Try this one   Open Visual Studio Code and press Command   Shift   P or F1 then type Shell in command palette now you are able to find this option like Shell Command   Install code in PATH from suggested list in command palette  Select that options     That s it   Now open your terminal type     code

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To set up VS code path permanently on Mac OS   just open  bash profile using the following command on terminal  open -t  bash profile   Then add the following path to  bash profile  code      VSCODE CWD   PWD  open -n -b  com microsoft VSCode  --args         save the  bash profile file and quit the terminal  Then reopen the terminal and type code  to open VS code

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I just made a symbolic link from the  code  program supplied in the Visual Studio Code app bundle to  usr local bin  a place where I prefer to put stuff like that and which is already in my path on my machine    You can make a symbolic link using ln -s like this   ln -s  Applications Visual  Studio  Code app Contents Resources app bin code  usr local bin code

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Somehow using Raja s approach worked for me only once  after a reboot  it seems gone  To make it persistent across Mac OS reboot  I added this line into my    zshrc since I m using zsh  export PATH  Applications Visual  Studio  Code app Contents Resources app bin  PATH then source    zshrc now  I could just do code   even after I reboot my Mac

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To set it up  launch VS Code  Then open the Command Palette    P  and type shell command to find the Shell Command  Install  code  command in PATH command enter image description here  https   code visualstudio com docs setup mac

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For Mac you can do   View   Command Palette    Shell command    install code command in path   I d assume there would be something similar for other OS s  After I do   which code   and it tells me it put it in  usr local bin

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add below snipped in your bash profile - PATH  quot  Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 3 6 bin   PATH  quot  code      VSCODE CWD  quot  PWD quot  open -n -b  quot com microsoft VSCode quot  --args

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Sometimes  just adding the shell command doesn t work  We need to check whether visual studio code is available in  Applications  folder or not  That was the case for me    The moment you download VS code  it stays in  Downloads  folder and terminal doesn t pick up from there  So  I manually moved my VS code to  Applications  folder to access from Terminal   Step 1  Download VS code  which will give a zipped folder   Step 2  Run it  which will give a exe kinda file in downloads folder    Step 3  Move it to  Applications  folder manually   Step 4  Open VS code   Command Shift P  and run the shell command   Step 5  Restart the terminal   Step 6  Typing  Code    on terminal should work now

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open finder and go to applications and make sure that vscode exists there  then open type in terminal export PATH   Applications Visual Studio Code app Contents Resources app bin

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For Mac users   One thing that made the accepted answer not work for me is that I didn t drag the vs code package into the applications folder  So you need to drag it to the applications folder then you run the command inside vs code  shown below  as per the official document   Launch VS Code  Open the Command Palette    P  and type  shell command  to find the Shell Command  Install  code  command in PATH command

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How about a simple Bash alias that you stick in your  bash profile       alias code  open -a  Applications Visual  Studio  Code app    To open the current directory      code

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code          if         0        then         open -a  Visual Studio Code      else         echo  Opening                Applications Visual Studio Code app Contents MacOS Electron         fi     I put that into my  bash profile I tested it and it works

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I simply created a file called code      bin bash  open  Applications Visual  Studio  Code app  1   Make it executable     chmod 755 code   Then put that in  usr local bin    sudo mv code  usr local bin   As long as the file sits someplace that is in your path you can open a file by just typing  code

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I prefer to have symlinks in the home directory  in this case at least  Here s how I have things setup     cat    bash profile   grep PATH   places   bin first in PATH export PATH   bin  PATH   So I symlinked to the VSCode binary like so   ln -s  Applications Visual  Studio  Code app Contents Resources app bin code   bin code   Now I can issue code   in whichever directory I desire

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