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QJ Li
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Daily Dev Tip - Open VSCode in the existing window

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I have been wondering if vscode supports it in the cli and found out that it is. You can just use the -r --reuse-window flag.

To open the current folder in existing vscode:

code -r .
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or any other folder:

code -r any/path
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Reference:

code --help Visual Studio Code 1.50.1 Usage: code [options][paths...] To read from stdin, append '-' (e.g. 'ps aux | grep code | code -') Options -d --diff <file> <file> Compare two files with each other. -a --add <folder> Add folder(s) to the last active window. -g --goto <file:line[:character]> Open a file at the path on the specified line and character position. -n --new-window Force to open a new window. -r --reuse-window Force to open a file or folder in an already opened window. --folder-uri <uri> Opens a window with given folder uri(s) --file-uri <uri> Opens a window with given file uri(s) -w --wait Wait for the files to be closed before returning. --locale <locale> The locale to use (e.g. en-US or zh-TW). --user-data-dir <dir> Specifies the directory that user data is kept in. Can be used to open multiple distinct instances of Code. -h --help Print usage.
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