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Gregor Martynus
Gregor Martynus

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VS Code ProTip™: paste path of active file into terminal

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I need to use the path to the current active file in my VS Code editor all. The. Time!

Eventually I figured there must be a shortcut but there is none that's built-in. However, you can quickly add it yourself.

  1. Open the command palette (Windows: Ctrl+Shift+P, Mac: Command+Shift+P)
  2. Search for "Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON)"
  3. In the opened keybindings.json file, add a new item to the array 
 { "key": "ctrl+shift+t", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence", "args": { "text": "${relativeFile}" }, "when": "terminalFocus" }
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Now open any file, then open a terminal within VS Code, and press Ctrl+Shift+T and it will paste the full path to that file where your cursor is in the terminal.

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