What directory is ~/ pointing to in a VS Code terminal? - visual-studio-code

I'm getting started with creating my own VS Code extension by following this tutorial. After installing Yeoman and walking through the prompts, I'm told I can change directories to my extension with cd identifier:
To start editing with Visual Studio Code, use the following commands:
cd identifier
code-insiders .
After doing so, I came to learn that it didn't open the folder it had created, and, I had no idea where it put it. I did, have a relative path however, which was a start:
ComputerInfo ~/identifier
$
I was able to discover that this maps to my user folder on the machine by executing:
dirs ~/
However, this feels a bit "hackish" since I got an error, and that's what gave me the path:
ComputerInfo ~/identifier
$ dirs ~/
bash: dirs: /c/Users/Taco/: invalid option
dirs: usage: dirs [-clpv] [+N] [-N]
How can I properly determine the directory for ~/ in the VS Code terminal?

Normally '~' is simply your home.
if you type 'env' into a terminal you get a lengthy answer about all system settings. The interesting line for you is
'HOME=/home/'username'' . At least it is like that on my PC.
There is a second way: type 'cd' (without any path. This takes you to your home. Next type 'pwd' (Present Work Directory). This command returns where you are.

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ZSH cp returning no matches

I am installing MongoDB4.4 on MacOS and encountered an error while trying to copy the binary files from the MongoDB downloaded package.
To run the binaries I attempting to copy them to /usr/local/bin and run mongo/mongod from terminal windows.
Using command cp mongodb-macos-x86_64-4.4.18/bin/* /usr/local/bin produces the error: zsh: no matches found: mongodb-macos-x86_64-4.4.18/bin/* and I haven't been able to get a match. I've tried specifying the path verbose from the home directory and also changing the directory that I execute the above command from.
Ultimately to save time I caved and manually copy/pasted the executables into /usr/local/bin but how I do handle this in the future? I've seen in some other questions that the behaviour of zsh can be modified and the problem may be related to wildcards but I am hesitant to make changes to the shell which I don't fully understand.

Mac OS: How do you fix a PATH to reach an executable file (in this case postgresql & netlify-cli) without messing up other paths?

In the mac terminal:
Does anyone know how to set the path variables for a Mac OS, without messing up other paths?
Current folder structure:
/
/Applications
/[a lot of applications]
/Postgres.app
/Contents
/Versions
/12
/bin
/psql
/Users
/userName
/Applications
/[nothing, except a couple hidden files]
Right now, if I run the command psql, I am getting:
command not found
If I type the full path:
/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/12/bin/psql
it works, but typing this every time is not practical.
If I run git that command is available, or code .
Also, I installed netlify-cli globally with npm install -g netlify-cli, but when I run netlify-cli, I get:
command not found
and I don’t know where to find it in my system
… So, something is working correctly with my paths, and something is not. I don’t know how to fix the problem, without messing up other paths.
Does anyone know how I could find out where netlify-cli got installed and fix my paths to netlify-cli and psql without messing up any other paths?
For Mac OS to be able to find the psql executable, it has to be part of the PATH environment variable, you can check the value of that variable on your terminal with this command
echo $PATH
what you should do is add the psql executable to it, like this:
export PATH=/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/12/bin/:$PATH
if that solves your problem, you can put that on your .zshrc or .bashrc to make it persistent

Set Permanent Flutter Path

The steps for modifying this variable permanently for all terminal sessions are machine-specific. Typically you add a line to a file that is executed whenever you open a new window. For example:
Determine the directory where you placed the Flutter SDK. You will need this in Step 3.
Open (or create) $HOME/.bash_profile. The file path and filename might be different on your machine.
Add the following line and change [PATH_TO_FLUTTER_GIT_DIRECTORY] to be the path where you cloned Flutter’s git repo:
$ export PATH="$PATH:[PATH_TO_FLUTTER_GIT_DIRECTORY]/flutter/bin"
Run source $HOME/.bash_profile to refresh the current window.
Verify that the flutter/bin directory is now in your PATH by running:
echo $PATH
In mac, you should add it as follows in ".zshrc":
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/matteo/Documents/flutter/bin"
After you have updated the ".zshrc" file, run this command to ensure changes have been notified to OS
source ~/.zshrc
Reference: https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos
A similar concept is for Linux system using bash files
I tried a lot of methods but this one permanent solution worked for me like a charm:
open Terminal in your Mac: type:
sudo nano /echo/paths
Add the code to the file:
/users/yourUserName/flutter/bin
Save the file using Control+X and Press Y and Enter
Hope this helps! :)

How to call VS Code Editor from terminal / command line

The question says it all.
How can I open VS Code editor from
windows cmd
linux and mac terminal
e.g. for notepad++ I write
> start notepad++ test.txt
By the way, the editor is awesome (cross-platform)! Thank you Nadella!
You can download it from microsoft
To open a file or directory use the command:
code /path/to/file/or/directory/you/want/to/open
For macOS users, it needs to be installed manually:
Launch VS Code.
Command + Shift + P to open the Command Palette.
Type shell command, to find the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH and select to install it.
Restart your terminal.
Per the docs:
Mac OS X
Download Visual Studio Code for Mac OS X.
Double-click on VSCode-osx.zip to expand the contents.
Drag Visual Studio Code.app to the Applications folder, making it available in the Launchpad.
Add VS Code to your Dock by right-clicking on the icon and choosing Options, Keep in Dock.
Tip: If you want to run VS Code from the terminal, append the following to your ~/.bash_profile file (~/.zshrc in case you use zsh).
code () { VSCODE_CWD="$PWD" open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCode" --args $* ;}
Now, you can simply type code . in any folder to start editing files
in that folder.
Tip: You can also add it to VS Code Insiders build by changing "com.microsoft.VSCodeInsiders". Also if you don't to type the whole word code, just change it to c.
Linux
Download Visual Studio Code for Linux.
Make a new folder and extract VSCode-linux-x64.zip inside that folder.
Double click on Code to run Visual Studio Code.
Tip: If you want to run VS Code from the terminal, create the following link substituting /path/to/vscode/Code with the absolute
path to the Code executable
sudo ln -s /path/to/vscode/Code /usr/local/bin/code
Now, you can simply type code . in any folder to start editing files
in that folder.
VS Code is a must have code editor for 2018
For Windows 10 users a lot is possible, the same way the Mac OS users type code . .
Look for you VS Code \bin folder path e.g C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin . The bin folder includes a file called code.cmd .
If you are not sure about what is your path, type where code.cmd, and then, copy it without the \code.cmd after the ...\bin.
Follow the steps below and be proud of the OS you use.
Search for "Advanced System Setting" from Start.
Click on Environment Variables.
On System Variables choose "path" from Variable tab and click on Edit.
Click on New on the right side of the popup window.
Copy your path from the Explorer's breadcrumb path and paste it into the new opened path in step 4, example:- C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin.
Click Ok on all the open windows to confirm changes and restart your cmd .
Go to your cmd and navigate to you working directory on server and type code . .
C:>cd wamp64\www\react-app> code . to open with VS Code on Windows.
Visual Studio Code also includes a command prompt (terminal) window and you can open one or more of them with:
Ctrl + ` on your keyboard.
Hope this helps some one like it did to many of us.
You can also run VS Code from the terminal by typing code after adding it to the path:
Launch VS Code.
Open the Command Palette (⇧⌘P) and type shell command to find the Shell Command: Install code command in PATH command.
Mac shell commands
Restart the terminal for the new $PATH value to take effect. You'll be able to type code . in any folder to start editing files in that folder.
For VS Code Insiders Windows users (vs code doc):
Add the directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\bin"
at %PATH% environmental variable.
then go to the folder that you want to open with vs code and type:
code-insders .
Sometimes setting path from VS Code command palette does not work
Instead manually add your VS Code to your path:
Run in terminal
sudo nano /etc/paths
Go to the bottom of the file, and enter the path you wish to add
Hit control-x to quit. Enter “Y” to save the modified buffer.
Restart your terminal and to test echo $PATH. You should something similar
~ echo $PATH /Users/shashank/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin
Next time, you navigate to your project folder from terminal
Enter:
code .
or
code /path/to/project
Source
In the case of Linux and Mac, you want to navigate to the directory that you extracted the VSCode files using the 'cd' command. For example:
cd ~/Downloads/VSCode
Then you start the application by running..
./Code
'Code' being the name of the executable.
If you have root access on the machine, you can configure the system to allow you to start VSCode from anywhere by linking it to /usr/bin, where links to executables are often stored.
sudo ln -s /path/to/VSCode/folder/Code /usr/bin/Code
You can now launch VSCode from anywhere by typing:
Code
For command line heads you can also run
sudo ln -s "/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code" /usr/local/bin/code
this will do the exact same thing as the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command feature in VSCode.
When installing on Windows, you will be prompted to add VS Code to your PATH.
I was trying to figure out how to open files with VS Code from the command line and I already had the capability - I just forgot I had already added it. You might already have it installed - check by navigating to a folder you want to open and running the command code . to open that folder.
In linux if you use code . it will open VS Code in the folder the terminal was in.
Using code . Filename.cs it will open in folder and open said file.
For linux Debian the below can be done
$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/share/code
Then run it
$ code
$ code file.py
$ code workingdir
Open command line and type:
cd your_folder_path
code.cmd .
or
code.cmd your_folder_path
It will open your folder in Visual Studio Code.
Make Sure, you are inside the correct folder after executing "cd your_folder_path" command.
On Windows you can add the following path to the system environment variables.
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin
This works for Windows:
CMD> start vscode://file/o:/git/libzmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln
But if the filepath has spaces, normally one would add double quotes around it, like this:
CMD> start "vscode://file/o:/git/lib zmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln"
But this messes up with start, which can take a double-quoted title, so it will create a window with this name as the title and not open the project.
CMD> start "title" "vscode://file/o:/git/lib zmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln"
typing "code" in dos command prompt worked for me
On Ubuntu the flatpak version seemed broken. I uninstalled it and downloaded the deb package right from Microsoft.
I use the following command to load a project quickly (in linux)
cd into the project cd /project
run command code pwd
similar steps can be used in other Os too.
In linux terminal you can just type:
$ code run
Windows:
Add code CLI path in a system environment variable.
in windows default code cli path is (username is you pc username)C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin
Then you can check it like this by taking your project folder and open new cmd and type code .
Step 1: create a .bat file with the name you want e.g vscode.bat
Step 2: Write your path to Visual Studio Code
Step 3: Save it in C:\Windows\System32 directory
**
C:
cd Users\Bino\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code
Code.exe**
Step 4: You can call visual studio code from any where by typing "vscode" which is the name of your bat file
This will work. This is your directory name "Directory_Name"
sudo code --user-data-dir="Directory_Name"
Other easyway to do it on mac is :go to Command Palette[ Shift ⇧+ Command (⌘)+P] and type :Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH
once installed: Shell command 'code' successfully installed in PATH.
Then you can use code from the terminal as well.
If you install VS CODE using snap. You will need to add /snap/bin in your PATH environment variable.
so - open your .bashrc or .zshrc
and add :/snap/bin in your PATH environment variable
reload terminal,
and than code comand will start it
A simple way is to go to your Project where you want to open it and type
code.cmd D:\PathTo\yourProject\MyProject
That's it. It will open your project in Visual Studio Code.
Delete old virtual environment and create a fresh virtual environment.
In a way I am reticent to add to the long list of answers. However, I searched this page for the word "portable" and came up empty. (And I did a full Stack Overflow search and also found nothing.) So I want to add this very specific answer for potential future searchers.
This answer is for if you installed VS Code in Portable Mode on Windows 10.
"Portable Mode" refers to what is described on the official VS Code web pages, which as of 21 January 2021 are found here: https://code.visualstudio.com. It does not mean the Visual Studio Code Portable project started/run by Gareth Flowers, or any similar project. (I am not saying anything bad about this or other projects - I have neither used nor evaluated.) If you are using one of those projects, you need to check with that project documentation/community - although this might work.
"Installing" VS Code in Portable Mode is downloading a .zip archive and extracting it locally wherever you want your VS Code "installation" to live. There is no actual installation or setup that is run, so there is no automatic adding of the code command to your PATH.
Answer
After extracting the Portable Mode VS Code files to the location of your choice, there should be a bin folder in that location. Copy the full path of that bin folder and add it to your System or User (your choice) PATH variable.
You should then be able to use the code command from PowerShell or CMD.
In linux you need to check first what is the name you your vscode binary file
When you get the binary file name check where it is by using this command :
whereis your_file_name
Go to the / (root) and go to bin and rename file with any name what you want to call it.
To rename : mv your_file_name your_changed_name
Now you can access vscode from any where in terminal
This works on Debian based Os definitely

How do I get eshell working correctly in emacs?

For some reason, when I type in commands I'm used to on linux, it works perfectly, as it does in bash... But in eshell, it doesn't work.
I've narrowed the problem to a trivial and small sample, as follows:
$ du
c:/Program: command not found
$ which bash
c:/Program Files (x86)/Git/bin/bash.exe
How do I get this working? (du is whatever it is by default... It's implemented in elisp, I haven't made any unusual changes there, that is, it's a compiled lisp function in `em-unix.el')
I would've expected something along the lines of "You have used 1.3 GiB of disk space", rather than that command not found error.
It doesn't use bash.exe, but it can use du.exe, when present.
On my system:
c: gutov $ which bash.exe
which: no bash.exe in ...
c: gutov $ which du.exe
h:/Apps/System/gnuwin32/bin/du.exe
From your error message I can tell that it calls some command and fails because it doesn't properly quote the path to executable (which contains spaces). Maybe you should do M-x report-emacs-bug.
Overall, I recommend:
1) Uninstall Git and reinstall it selecting the second option when asked about your PATH environment ("Run Git from the Windows Command Prompt"). This will remove the unix tools packaged with it from PATH.
2) Install in some directory without spaces and add to PATH unix tools from GnuWin32 project, or from Eli Zaretski's ports. The latter contains fewer packages overall, but it has a much faster find, for example. You can mix them.
Alternatively, maybe you can get away with just reinstalling Git into directory without spaces.