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Created May 28, 2015 14:17
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Open Visual Studio Code from Terminal
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gistfile1.sh
code () {
if [[ $# = 0 ]]
then
open -a "Visual Studio Code" -n
else
[[ $1 = /* ]] && F="$1" || F="$PWD/${1#./}"
open -a "Visual Studio Code" -n --args "$F"
fi
}
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cdevroe commented May 28, 2015

Add this to ~/.bashrc

code -- opens Visual Studio Code
code . -- opens current directory in Visual Studio Code
code somefile -- opens somefile in Visual Studio Code

Inspired by http://kevgriffin.com/how-to-run-visual-studio-code-from-terminal-on-mac-osx/

The only thing I added to my script was that Code will open a new window each time so that you can open multiple projects at once.

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