Install VS Code CLI

Install VS Code CLI¶

The code command make it easy to open paths from the command line.

Linux¶

Add it to your PATH with a symlink:

sudo ln -sr /usr/share/code/bin/code "${XDG_BIN_HOME:-$HOME/.local/bin}"/code

For the insiders version:

ln -sr /usr/share/code-insiders/bin/code-insiders "${XDG_BIN_HOME:-$HOME/.local/bin}"/code-insiders

macOS¶

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/mac

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