“code .” Not working in Command Line for Visual Studio Code on OSX/Mac

1. Make sure you drag Visual Studio Code app into the -Applications- folder

Otherwise (as noted in the comments) you’ll have to go through this process again after reboot


2. Next, open Visual Studio Code

Open the Command Palette via (⇧⌘P) and type shell command to find the Shell Command:

Update: use Uninstall ‘code’ command in PATH** command before

> Install ‘code’ command in PATH** command.

After executing the command, restart the terminal for the new $PATH value to take effect. You’ll be able to simply type ‘code .’ in any folder to start editing files in that folder. The “.” Simply means “current directory”

(Source: VS Code documentation)


NOTE: If you’re running a build based off the OSS repository… You will need to run code-oss . @Dzeimsas Zvirblis

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