visual studio code command line 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: vscode install-extension command line

code --list-extensions
code --install-extension ms-vscode.cpptools
code --uninstall-extension ms-vscode.csharp

Example 3: install code . path in mac

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

Example 4: 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 5: code command line options

code -r <path-to-working-directory>