Cross platform and extensible code editor. More information: <https://github.com/microsoft/vscode>.

• 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 --diff path/to/file1 path/to/file2
• Open specific files/directories in a new window:
  code --new-window path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...
• Install/uninstall a specific extension:
  code --install|uninstall-extension publisher.extension
• Print installed extensions:
  code --list-extensions
• 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

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