Run / Open VSCode from Mac Terminal

Question

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.visualstud

Answer 1

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]

Answer 2

add below snipped in your bash profile -

PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:${PATH}"
code () { VSCODE_CWD="$PWD" open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCode" --args $* ;}

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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