code Not working in Command Line for Visual Studio Code on OSX Mac

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The command  code    doesn t work in this manual    All the other steps before that worked  How can I call the Visual Studio Code in OSX terminal   Monas-MacBook-Pro myExpressApp mona  pwd  Users mona nodejs myExpressApp Monas-MacBook-Pro myExpressApp mona  code   -bash  code  command not found   EDIT  I ended up opening it from within Visual Code Studio by changing the workspace but I am wondering why that command  code    won t work

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Alternative to commandline Solution   Recently I was playing with Services in Mac OS X  I added a service to a folder or file so that I can open that folder or file in Visual Studio Code  I think this could be an alternative to using  code    command if you are using the Finder app  Here are the steps    Open Automator App from Application   Or you can use Spotlight    Click on  New Document  button to create a new script  Choose  Service  as a new type of document  Select  files and folders  in  Service receives selected  dropdown  Search for  Open Finder Items  action item  Drag that action item to the workflow area  Select  Visual Studio Code app  application in the action  Open with  dropdown  Press  command   s  to save the service  It will ask a name of service  Give it a name  I gave  Open with VSCode   Close the Automator app  Check the image below for more information      Verify    Open the Finder app  Right-click on any folder  In the context menu  look for  Open with VSCode  menu option  Click on the  Open with VSCode  menu option  The folder should get open in the Visual Studio Code application  Check image below for more info

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If you are using VS Code Insiders Build  code-insiders    With regular VS Code  code

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For code   to work in OSX terminal append code as described here https   code visualstudio com Docs setup but instead of to  bashrc  in OSX try  profile which is loaded at terminal session start

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1  Make sure you drag Visual Studio Code app into the -Applications- folder Otherwise  as noted in the comments  you ll have to go through this process again after reboot  2  Next  open Visual Studio Code Open the Command Palette via    P  and type shell command to find the Shell Command   gt  Install  code  command in PATH   command    After executing the command  restart the terminal for the new  PATH value to take effect  You ll be able to simply type  code    in any folder to start editing files in that folder  The  quot   quot  Simply means  quot current directory quot    Source  VS Code documentation   NOTE  If you re running a build based off the OSS repository    You will need to run code-oss    Dzeimsas Zvirblis

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If you are on Windows and facing the same problem  have a look at this answer of  Inazense https   stackoverflow com a 52869803 4567504   In Visual studio code I was not able to find    Shell Command  Install  code  command in PATH command     so I had to do this manually    Open Environment Variables  System   Advance system settings   Advanced tab   environment variables  on system variables click on Path and click Edit and add new Path named        C  Users Your Username AppData Local Programs Microsoft VS Code bin    Now you are done  restart command prompt and try again

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If you have trouble using the Command Palette solution  you can manually add VS Code to the  PATH environment variable when your terminal starts   cat  lt  lt  EOF  gt  gt     bash profile   Add Visual Studio Code  code  export PATH   PATH  Applications Visual Studio  Code app Contents Resources app bin  EOF

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for the people who face the same problem in Windows - 10 please follow the below instructions   https   github com Microsoft vscode issues 21957  It might be the case that  C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft VS Code bin is missing in environment variables   kindly look into the following image for the solution  https   cloud githubusercontent com assets 4076309 23575794 61d7cc2a-00b9-11e7-843b-bcd6f00f595f png

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Define the path of the Visual Studio in your    bash profile as follow  export PATH   PATH  Applications Visual Studio Code app Contents Resources app bin

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Here are the steps which I followed to make it working on MAC  Install  quot Shell quot  extension from VSCode   Restart VSCode  Press F1 when VSCode is opened  Type  quot Shell quot  and select the following option  Shell Command  Install  code  command in PATH command  That will give you the following message  Shell command  code  successfully installed in PATH   Running  quot which code quot  command will give you a proof the code command working now

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I was having the same problem  I have to add Vs Code to my applications folder  It worked without editing a file   Open Applications Folder    Search for VS Code in your search    Drag Vs Code to the applications folder   This will work for you

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For that to work there needs to be an executable named  code  in your bash path  which some installers add for you  but this one apparently did not  The best way to do this could be to add a symlink to the visual studio code app in your  usr local bin folder  You can do this by using a command like the following in your terminal   ln -s   Path To Visual Studio Code    usr local bin code    You will likely need to put sudo in front of that to have the permissions for it to complete successfully

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I foolishly deleted my  usr local bin code symbolic link and did not know the correct path  A brew reinstall recreated it   brew cask reinstall visual-studio-code   path turned out to be    usr local bin code - gt    Applications Visual Studio Code app Contents Resources app bin code

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For Mac OSX  There is a way to install Visual Studio Code through Brew-Cask     First  install  Homebrew  from here  Now run following command and it will install latest Visual Studio Code on your Mac      brew cask install visual-studio-code   Above command should install Visual Studio Code and also set up the command-line calling of Visual Studio Code   If above steps don t work then you can do it manually  By following Microsoft Visual Studio Code documentation given here

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This work for me  sudo ln -fs  quot  Applications Visual Studio Code app Contents Resources app bin code quot   usr local bin

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It might be possible that you have not installed the code in your system  So  please install it first  the command is here -   sudo snap install --classic code   Details are available is here

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Steps to follow -  Open Visual Studio code application  amp  type Command Shift P and type command  install code   Then enter it  You will see below message in Visual Studio Application  - shell command   code  successfully installed in PATH  Now  Jump to iTerm CLI and type code   Then you will be able to redirect to Visual studio for any code change view   Hope this steps will be helpful for you

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I ve tried install add code command to PATH with Visual Studio Code s command pannel  but it s disabled after restart bash  if you want it be consolidated  just create a code file in your PATH   I create a code file in usr local bin and add      usr bin env bash function realpath     python -c  import os sys print os path realpath sys argv 1       0     CONTENTS   Applications Visual Studio Code app Contents  ELECTRON   CONTENTS MacOS Electron  CLI   CONTENTS Resources app out cli js  ELECTRON RUN AS NODE 1   ELECTRON    CLI       exit      just replace this CONTENTS with your VS Code s installed path  and don t forget make it excuteable with chmod  x  usr local bin code

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https   code visualstudio com Docs setup  Tip  If you want to run VSCode from the terminal  append the following to your  bashrc file  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     Then   source    bashrc

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had this problem in kali  deleted go and reinstalled and now it works perfectly

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On my MAC I got it working   add to  bash profile  code        open -a Visual  Studio  Code app  1     save and in terminal  source  bash profile   Then in terminal code index html  or whatever  will open that file in VS Code

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For those of you that run ZShell with Iterm2  add this to your    zshrc file   alias code   Applications Visual  Studio  Code app Contents Resources app bin code

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It was quite simple to follow the documentation to install  code  to PATH but didn t work    I simply uninstalled it first  then installed it again    Open the Command Palette    P   Shell Command  Uninstall  code  command in PATH command    then install it again    Shell Command  Install  code  command in PATH command    Don t forget to restart your terminal to have the new PATH included

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EDIT  If this is happening on mint ubuntu  it is likely because you installed vscode through the software manager  This will cause other problems during debugging  Instead install it using the  deb file on the vscode website   If you really want to use the software manager  the solution below still works   use find   -name code 2 gt   dev null to find the path to the visual studio bin file  It should end in  extra vscode bin code  If you re using the mint software manager  you might only find paths with a ridiculously long name in the middle like this        stable 7a22830d9e8fbbdc9627e43e072005eef66c14d2a4dd19992427ef4de060186a       Just replace the long part with   active    Once you have it  create a sym link   ln -s path you found extra vscode bin code  usr local bin code  If you don t have the rights  or only want it to be accessible for yourself  simply add this line to your  bashrc    zshrc   export PATH   PATH path you found extra vscode bin   Note that I removed the  code  filename at the end

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If you want to add it permanently   Add this to your    bash profile  or to    zshrc if you are running MacOS Catalina or later   export PATH   PATH  Applications Visual Studio Code app Contents Resources app bin   source  https   code visualstudio com docs setup mac

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Open the    bashrc file using vi vim   vi    bashrc  Enter the following by pressing i to insert   code      VSCODE CWD   PWD  open -n -b  com microsoft VSCode  --args         Save the file using  wq  Reflect the settings in    bashrc using the following command   source    bashrc

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