Как открыть visual studio code через консоль windows

The question says it all.

How can I open VS Code editor from

• windows cmd
• linux and mac terminal

e.g. for notepad++ I write

> start notepad++ test.txt

By the way, the editor is awesome (cross-platform)! Thank you Nadella!

You can download it from microsoft

asked Apr 30, 2015 at 9:11

For VS Code Insiders Windows users (vs code doc):

Add the directory "C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft VS Code Insidersbin"
at %PATH% environmental variable.

then go to the folder that you want to open with vs code and type:
code-insders .

answered May 31, 2017 at 17:24

Sometimes setting path from VS Code command palette does not work

Instead manually add your VS Code to your path:

1. Run in terminal

   sudo nano /etc/paths

2. Go to the bottom of the file, and enter the path you wish to add

3. Hit control-x to quit. Enter “Y” to save the modified buffer.

4. Restart your terminal and to test echo $PATH. You should something similar

~ echo $PATH /Users/shashank/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin

Next time, you navigate to your project folder from terminal

Enter:

code .

or

code /path/to/project

Source

For command line heads you can also run

sudo ln -s "/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code" /usr/local/bin/code

this will do the exact same thing as the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command feature in VSCode.

answered Aug 7, 2018 at 14:26

When installing on Windows, you will be prompted to add VS Code to your PATH.

I was trying to figure out how to open files with VS Code from the command line and I already had the capability — I just forgot I had already added it. You might already have it installed — check by navigating to a folder you want to open and running the command code . to open that folder.

answered Apr 21, 2017 at 16:48

answered Aug 14, 2018 at 0:44

For linux Debian the below can be done

$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/share/code

Then run it

$ code
$ code file.py
$ code workingdir

answered Aug 26, 2021 at 2:30

Open command line and type:

cd your_folder_path
code.cmd . 

or

code.cmd your_folder_path

It will open your folder in Visual Studio Code.
Make Sure, you are inside the correct folder after executing «cd your_folder_path» command.

On Windows you can add the following path to the system environment variables.

C:UsersusernameAppDataLocalProgramsMicrosoft VS Codebin

This works for Windows:

CMD> start vscode://file/o:/git/libzmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln

But if the filepath has spaces, normally one would add double quotes around it, like this:

CMD> start "vscode://file/o:/git/lib zmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln"

But this messes up with start, which can take a double-quoted title, so it will create a window with this name as the title and not open the project.

CMD> start "title" "vscode://file/o:/git/lib zmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln"

answered Feb 2, 2018 at 8:23

answered Jun 23, 2018 at 21:05

answered Sep 6, 2020 at 3:45

I use the following command to load a project quickly (in linux)

1. cd into the project cd /project
2. run command code pwd

similar steps can be used in other Os too.

answered Jan 26, 2021 at 11:47

In linux terminal you can just type:

$ code run

Step 1: create a .bat file with the name you want e.g vscode.bat
Step 2: Write your path to Visual Studio Code
Step 3: Save it in C:WindowsSystem32 directory

**
C:
cd UsersBinoAppDataLocalProgramsMicrosoft VS Code
Code.exe**

Step 4: You can call visual studio code from any where by typing «vscode» which is the name of your bat file

answered Jan 9, 2020 at 15:57

This will work. This is your directory name «Directory_Name»

 sudo code --user-data-dir="Directory_Name"

answered Nov 19, 2018 at 4:15

Other easyway to do it on mac is :go to Command Palette[ Shift ⇧+ Command (⌘)+P] and type :Shell Command: Install ‘code’ command in PATH

once installed: Shell command ‘code’ successfully installed in PATH.

Then you can use code from the terminal as well.

answered Apr 24, 2020 at 12:09

answered Jul 1, 2020 at 21:21

A simple way is to go to your Project where you want to open it and type

code.cmd D:PathToyourProjectMyProject

That’s it. It will open your project in Visual Studio Code.

answered Oct 16, 2020 at 15:41

answered Oct 31, 2020 at 10:59

In a way I am reticent to add to the long list of answers. However, I searched this page for the word «portable» and came up empty. (And I did a full Stack Overflow search and also found nothing.) So I want to add this very specific answer for potential future searchers.

This answer is for if you installed VS Code in Portable Mode on Windows 10.

«Portable Mode» refers to what is described on the official VS Code web pages, which as of 21 January 2021 are found here: https://code.visualstudio.com. It does not mean the Visual Studio Code Portable project started/run by Gareth Flowers, or any similar project. (I am not saying anything bad about this or other projects — I have neither used nor evaluated.) If you are using one of those projects, you need to check with that project documentation/community — although this might work.

«Installing» VS Code in Portable Mode is downloading a .zip archive and extracting it locally wherever you want your VS Code «installation» to live. There is no actual installation or setup that is run, so there is no automatic adding of the code command to your PATH.

Answer

After extracting the Portable Mode VS Code files to the location of your choice, there should be a bin folder in that location. Copy the full path of that bin folder and add it to your System or User (your choice) PATH variable.

You should then be able to use the code command from PowerShell or CMD.

answered Jan 21, 2021 at 16:41

In linux you need to check first what is the name you your vscode binary file

When you get the binary file name check where it is by using this command :
whereis your_file_name

Go to the / (root) and go to bin and rename file with any name what you want to call it.
To rename : mv your_file_name your_changed_name
Now you can access vscode from any where in terminal

This works on Debian based Os definitely

The question says it all.

How can I open VS Code editor from

• windows cmd
• linux and mac terminal

e.g. for notepad++ I write

> start notepad++ test.txt

By the way, the editor is awesome (cross-platform)! Thank you Nadella!

You can download it from microsoft

asked Apr 30, 2015 at 9:11

For VS Code Insiders Windows users (vs code doc):

Add the directory "C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft VS Code Insidersbin"
at %PATH% environmental variable.

then go to the folder that you want to open with vs code and type:
code-insders .

answered May 31, 2017 at 17:24

Sometimes setting path from VS Code command palette does not work

Instead manually add your VS Code to your path:

1. Run in terminal

   sudo nano /etc/paths

2. Go to the bottom of the file, and enter the path you wish to add

3. Hit control-x to quit. Enter “Y” to save the modified buffer.

4. Restart your terminal and to test echo $PATH. You should something similar

~ echo $PATH /Users/shashank/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin

Next time, you navigate to your project folder from terminal

Enter:

code .

or

code /path/to/project

Source

For command line heads you can also run

sudo ln -s "/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code" /usr/local/bin/code

this will do the exact same thing as the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command feature in VSCode.

answered Aug 7, 2018 at 14:26

When installing on Windows, you will be prompted to add VS Code to your PATH.

I was trying to figure out how to open files with VS Code from the command line and I already had the capability — I just forgot I had already added it. You might already have it installed — check by navigating to a folder you want to open and running the command code . to open that folder.

answered Apr 21, 2017 at 16:48

answered Aug 14, 2018 at 0:44

For linux Debian the below can be done

$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/share/code

Then run it

$ code
$ code file.py
$ code workingdir

answered Aug 26, 2021 at 2:30

Open command line and type:

cd your_folder_path
code.cmd . 

or

code.cmd your_folder_path

It will open your folder in Visual Studio Code.
Make Sure, you are inside the correct folder after executing «cd your_folder_path» command.

On Windows you can add the following path to the system environment variables.

C:UsersusernameAppDataLocalProgramsMicrosoft VS Codebin

This works for Windows:

CMD> start vscode://file/o:/git/libzmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln

But if the filepath has spaces, normally one would add double quotes around it, like this:

CMD> start "vscode://file/o:/git/lib zmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln"

But this messes up with start, which can take a double-quoted title, so it will create a window with this name as the title and not open the project.

CMD> start "title" "vscode://file/o:/git/lib zmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln"

answered Feb 2, 2018 at 8:23

answered Jun 23, 2018 at 21:05

answered Sep 6, 2020 at 3:45

I use the following command to load a project quickly (in linux)

1. cd into the project cd /project
2. run command code pwd

similar steps can be used in other Os too.

answered Jan 26, 2021 at 11:47

In linux terminal you can just type:

$ code run

Step 1: create a .bat file with the name you want e.g vscode.bat
Step 2: Write your path to Visual Studio Code
Step 3: Save it in C:WindowsSystem32 directory

**
C:
cd UsersBinoAppDataLocalProgramsMicrosoft VS Code
Code.exe**

Step 4: You can call visual studio code from any where by typing «vscode» which is the name of your bat file

answered Jan 9, 2020 at 15:57

This will work. This is your directory name «Directory_Name»

 sudo code --user-data-dir="Directory_Name"

answered Nov 19, 2018 at 4:15

Other easyway to do it on mac is :go to Command Palette[ Shift ⇧+ Command (⌘)+P] and type :Shell Command: Install ‘code’ command in PATH

once installed: Shell command ‘code’ successfully installed in PATH.

Then you can use code from the terminal as well.

answered Apr 24, 2020 at 12:09

answered Jul 1, 2020 at 21:21

A simple way is to go to your Project where you want to open it and type

code.cmd D:PathToyourProjectMyProject

That’s it. It will open your project in Visual Studio Code.

answered Oct 16, 2020 at 15:41

answered Oct 31, 2020 at 10:59

In a way I am reticent to add to the long list of answers. However, I searched this page for the word «portable» and came up empty. (And I did a full Stack Overflow search and also found nothing.) So I want to add this very specific answer for potential future searchers.

This answer is for if you installed VS Code in Portable Mode on Windows 10.

«Portable Mode» refers to what is described on the official VS Code web pages, which as of 21 January 2021 are found here: https://code.visualstudio.com. It does not mean the Visual Studio Code Portable project started/run by Gareth Flowers, or any similar project. (I am not saying anything bad about this or other projects — I have neither used nor evaluated.) If you are using one of those projects, you need to check with that project documentation/community — although this might work.

«Installing» VS Code in Portable Mode is downloading a .zip archive and extracting it locally wherever you want your VS Code «installation» to live. There is no actual installation or setup that is run, so there is no automatic adding of the code command to your PATH.

Answer

After extracting the Portable Mode VS Code files to the location of your choice, there should be a bin folder in that location. Copy the full path of that bin folder and add it to your System or User (your choice) PATH variable.

You should then be able to use the code command from PowerShell or CMD.

answered Jan 21, 2021 at 16:41

In linux you need to check first what is the name you your vscode binary file

When you get the binary file name check where it is by using this command :
whereis your_file_name

Go to the / (root) and go to bin and rename file with any name what you want to call it.
To rename : mv your_file_name your_changed_name
Now you can access vscode from any where in terminal

This works on Debian based Os definitely

Navigate to the directory that you want to open and type code . to launch VS Code.

As many folks already suggested ways to open code from command prompt using code . command. This will only open Visual Studio Code Stable build. But If you have downloaded Visual Studio Code Insider build/version (Which has all latest build/features but unstable version) then you need to follow below instructions in windows :

answered Aug 31, 2018 at 4:53

Short answer:

code your_path your_filename

Long answer:

Here your_path can simply be . if you want to use the current directory as your working path. Or .. for 1 level up, etc.

code is the name of the executable of Visual Studio Code (code.exe). If it doesn’t launch, perhaps your VSC path hasn’t been added to the path environment variable. Run this command to add it:

set PATH=";C:Program FilesMicrosoft VS Codebin"

Of course you’ll need to specify a different path if your VSC is installed somewhere else.

How can you find out the installation path? (click for screenshot) Go to «Start» menu, type in «Visual Studio Code», right click on the found program, «Properties», check «Target». Now you’ll see!

answered Jul 17, 2019 at 16:14

Point your command prompt to the specific folder that has the file that you want to open. Let’s say you want to open the file titled main.scss. Simply run this command:

start code main.scss

If Visual Studio Code is already open, you can simply do:

code main.scss

answered Jun 25, 2017 at 19:54