how to open visual code from terminal code example

Example 1: open visual studio code from terminal mac

#Add Bash alias in .bash_profile ?
$ alias code="open -a /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app"

#Open Visual Studio Code by command
$ code .

Example 2: install code command on mac

Open VCode
press CMD + SHIFT + P
type 'shell command' 
select 'Install code command in path'
navigate to any project from the terminal and type 'code .'

Example 3: code in terminal

cat << EOF >> ~/.bash_profile
# Add Visual Studio Code (code)
export PATH="\$PATH:/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin"
EOF

Example 4: vs code a project folder from the command line

cd my-project-folder/
code -n .

Example 5: adding code . in the terminal

code () { VSCODE_CWD="$PWD" open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCode" --args $* ;}

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