code Command Examples

Cross platform and extensible code editor. More information: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode.

• Start Visual Studio Code:

code

• Open specific files/directories:

code {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

• Compare two specific files:

code --diff {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

• Open specific files/directories in a new window:

code --new-window {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

• Install/uninstall a specific extension:

code --{{install|uninstall}}-extension {{publisher.extension}}

• Print installed extensions:

code --list-extensions

• Print installed extensions with their versions:

code --list-extensions --show-versions

• Start the editor as a superuser (root) while storing user data in a specific directory:

sudo code --user-data-dir {{path/to/directory}}