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💻 Navigating to your .zshrc file:

  1. Open your Terminal.
  2. Run cd (to go your root. Your root is the folder that contains Library, Movies, Music, etc.)
  3. Run code .
  4. It didn't work? Don't worry. Just open VSC and go to your root manually.
  5. You should now be able to find the .zshrc file to your left.
  6. Open it.

That's it! You now know how to access your .zshrc file.

💻 Changing the theme to agnoster

  1. Navigate to your .zshrc file.
  2. Do cmmd + F and look for "robbyrussell".
  3. Substitute that name for agnoster
  4. You should have a line like: ZSH_THEME="agnoster"
  5. Save: cmmd + s.

💻 More configuration for agnoster

  1. Open your Terminal.
  2. Do cmmd + ,. Or just go to preferences of iTerm2
  3. Go to Profiles > Text
  4. Check the box for Use built-in Powerline glyphs

💻 Checking the code . command works.

We tried to install it through VSC earlier. It doesn't always work, so let's check!

  1. Open your Terminal.
  2. Run ls.
  3. Now move into any folder by doing cd any_folder__you_see. i.e. cd Desktop.
  4. Now run code ..

VSC should open in the same path you're at now. To the left, you should see an Explorer menu that shows the content of the folder tou entered.

If nothing happened when you ran code . or you're ina different path, do:

💻 Troubleshooting the code . command:

This section is only necessary if the command didn't work.

  1. Navigate to your .zshrc file.
  2. Paste this line anywhere: export PATH="$PATH:/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin".
  3. Save: cmmd + S.
  4. Quit VSC and iTerm2
  5. Repeat the process to check if the command works.

💻 Creating an alias

  1. Navigate to your .zshrc file.

  2. Open it and create an alias:

    alias hello="echo 'Hello world!'"

  3. Save: cmmd + S.

  4. Quit VSC and iTerm2.

  5. Open iTerm2 and write: hello.

Your output should be: Hello world! If it is, congrats! You just created your first alias.

Your iTerm2 is all set 🤩

Summing up

  1. Wherever you are in your terminal, you will be able to open VSC from the command line in that same path by running code . Trust me, you'll be thankful in the future.
  2. You now know how to create aliases. This will come in handy for highly used commands.