VSCode: 'code' function is preventing me from launching code from shell

Question

I install Visual Studio Code for MacOS and installed the code command to the shell via the GUI.

Now, when I try to execute this command, I get the following error:

LSGetApplicationForInfo() failed with error -10814 while trying to determine the application with bundle identifier com.microsoft.VSCodeInsiders.

I have no idea what is the cause of this. I found that a function code has also been created and that if I remove it with unset code once, I can then run code in the shell and VSCode will launch correctly. Every reboot bring back this function though...

The code function is:

# type code
code is a function
code ()
{
    VSCODE_CWD="$PWD" open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCodeInsiders" --args $*
}

What is the problem? What am I supposed to do here?

Answer 1

I have it installed in my Mac, and there is no alias. I do not need to unset anything. 'code' is just a script file, residing in `/usr/local/bin/code

It seems you have a conflict with some other application that has set an alias for 'code'. I recommend you look at all scripts that are run during shell startup:

~/.bash_profile
~/.bash_login
~/.profile
~/.inputrc
/etc/profile

It could also help if you post the content of your code alias

Answer 2

The code function was created from some other file I was using before even installing Visual Studio code and was then conflicting with the executable installed by the app under /usr/local/bin/code.