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code

Visual Studio Code. More information: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode.

• Open VS Code:

code

• Open the current directory in VS Code:

code .

• Open a file or directory in VS Code:

code {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• Open a file or directory in the currently open VS Code window:

code --reuse-window {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• Open a file or directory in a new VS Code window:

code --new-window {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• Compare two files in VS Code:

code -d {{file1}} {{file2}}

• Open VS Code with superuser (sudo) permissions:

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