open visual studio code from terminal windows code example

Example 1: vs code a project folder from the command line

cd my-project-folder/
code -n .

Example 2: open vs code from terminal

Launch VS Code.
Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P) and type 'shell command' to find the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command.
Restart the terminal
Navigate to project folder in terminal, 
Type code . press enter

Example 3: vscode install commandline

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install code # or code-insiders