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}}