OS is linux.
Opening the terminal produces this error:
The terminal process failed to launch: Path to shell executable "bash" is not a file of a symlink.
The path to bash is correct in settings.json and the $PATH variable.
This is Visual Studio Code version 1.57.1. rolling back to an earlier version fixes the issue, so I made a bug report.
As jebeaudet said in his comment, edit the file
~/.config/Code/User/settings.json
and add this line
"terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {"bash": {"path": "/bin/bash"}},
(in my case has occurs when upgrading from v1.55 to v1.60)
In my case, terminal.integrated.shell.linux wasn't set in settings.json which was causing the issue
I noticed the same problem since I upgraded to 1.57.1.
The problem shows up when I launch VSCODE from Gnome desktop or from the terminal without following the command code with a dot.
However if I enter "code ." then there is no problem.
I could not find "terminal.integrated.shell.linux" in the settings to set the path to the shell bash command.
On Windows 10, I have Visual Studio Code installed.
When I open the terminal (Git Bash) and type less-watch-compiler, I get the error:
Segmentation fault
But if I go to the Git Bash terminal itself (outside Visual Studio Code) and type less-watch-compiler, the command works.
How can I fix this problem?
I reinstalled Git for Windows, but it didn't help.
I have the latest version of Visual Studio Code (1.36.1)
When I use the "cmd" editor within Visual Studio Code, it works fine as well.
Not sure if it's the same problem but I was also getting segmentation fault errors running VSCode with WSL.
What fixed it for me was:
rm -rf ~/.vscode-server
The next time I tried the command, VScode downloaded the necessary files and everything worked again.
I have installed nodemon by: sudo npm install -g nodemon. With MacOS Terminal, i can run nodemon command.
But in Integrated Terminal of Visual Studio Code, I can't run nodemon and I don't know why.
Maybe two terminals don't sync ?
Help me, please.
In my case
changed the default shell from Powershell to CMD
restart VSCode.
VSCode now started with cmd chosen as the default, and the problem didn't happen with cmd.
Shutdown VS Code and launch it again from the command line with 'code .'.
Above approach should fix the issue. Sometime when we install node after installing visual studio some sort of environment variable path issue happens.
Looks like this has been asked by others. But here is a possible solution. In you package.json edit scripts:
"scripts": {
"serve": "nodemon server.js"
},
then npm run serve
You can also check you bash profile
if nodemon is not being found by bash.
~/.bash_profile
add
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/bin/
Check this solution
and this discussion here
I was also facing a similar problem for a long time during my web development. If you are also facing these problem in VS code, so I recommend you to install Powershell Extention in your vs code or update your Powershell Extention. And restart your vs code.
Consider:
I just started with Angular. I installed angular/cli and added a project.
Now I want to use Visual Studio Code.
I open the Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P) and type 'shell command' to find the shell command: Install 'code' command in PATH command.
But I get this message
"No commands matching"
Why does it not exist?
With Windows it is installed by default so you don't need to add path. Just run " code . " in cmd and it will work fine
If in Visual Studio Code doesn't appear that option and the installation didn't add to the path directly, you can add the Visual Studio Code bin folder manually to the path and it starts to work.
Go to the Enviroment Variables and edit the Path user variable.
Inside of it, add a new variable with the current bin path of your Visual Studio Code installation.
Mine, for example, is "C:\Users\Inazio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin"
After that, you can start to use the code command in your OS
I had this same problem. Long story short, I uninstalled VS Code, re-downloaded the installer package and ran that. Sure enough, one of the install screens has a checkbox option to add to the PATH variable and this option is unchecked by default.
Checked the box, finished the install, works fine.
Of course it's perfectly valid to modify the PATH variable after install, but I think it's important to clarify that (at least version 1.23.0) does not update PATH by default. Most of the threads I looked at says it does.
I fixed this just adding "C:\Users\myUser\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" (where myUser is your windows user) without "" to system path.
same effect than " Shell Command: Install ‘code’ command in PATH ".
This works for me
For Windows users
Open Environment Variables
System > Advance system settings > Advanced tab > environment variables on system variables click on Path and click Edit and add new Path named
"C:\Users\Your-Username\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin"
For window users follow steps below and add new Path, after doing so restart your terminal you will get code command on your terminal
If you already have Visual Code into Windows path and in a terminal you put "code ." and Visual Code starts, what happens is that the command "code" is not linked to the path in wsl2.
All you have to do is run the following command changing your user:
sudo ln -s /mnt/c/Users/CHANGE_USER/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft
VS\ Code/bin/code /usr/bin/code
This works on Ubuntu and Debian.
it is already installed on Windows. You just have to make cmd path where the project created (e.g C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd C:\WINDOWS\system32\hello-world), then run the the comamnd "code ." like this (C:\Windows\System32\hello-world>code .)
I got this from VS Code documentation
the path has been set automatically when installing VS.But i noticed a difference between "code." and "code ." Can you see the difference? The second has space in between the code and the dot. Try that.
I was having the same exact problem and when i checked my PATH variable it said that the path was something\something\Microsoft VS Code . then i remembered my folder's name was Visual Studio Code.After I renamed it back everything works.
Go to Extensions and install Shell. On newer versions you can just type in Code . in CMD and it will pop-up.
Just open your command prompt and type:
cd hello-world
hello-world is the project name don't forget to change it then click (enter) and type
code .
Visual Code already have internal terminal window
Use the Ctrl+` keyboard shortcut with the backtick character.
Its supports all Ubuntu terminal commands
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