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Cross platform and extensible code editor.

Options (3)

-d, --diffboolean

Compare two specific files

Example: code {{[-d|--diff]}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

-n, --new-windowboolean

Open specific files/directories in a new window

Example: code {{[-n|--new-window]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

-s, --statusboolean

Display diagnostic and process information about the running code window

Example: code {{[-s|--status]}}

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 [-d|--diff] path/to/file1 path/to/file2

Open specific files/directories in a new window

code [-n|--new-window] path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...

Install/uninstall a specific extension

code --install|uninstall-extension publisher.extension

Display diagnostic and process information about the running code window

code [-s|--status]

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