macos open visual studio 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: open vscode from terminal mac

open Visual Studio Code 
press Cmd+shift+p
search for ``Shell command: install 'code' command in PATH.`` and click it
works in terminal
#Open Visual Studio Code by command
$ code .

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: vscode install commandline

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install code # or code-insiders

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