code

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