Name: Set vscode as the default for text files on mac
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Set vscode as the default for text files on mac

How to set the default text editor to be visual studio code on the mac

To find the name of your editor use this.

osascript -e 'id of app "Visual Studio Code"'

To set all text files and similar files to vscode instead of xcode use this.

brew install duti

duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode public.json all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode public.plain-text all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode public.python-script all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode public.shell-script all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode public.source-code all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode public.text all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode public.unix-executable all

duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .c all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .cpp all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .cs all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .css all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .go all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .java all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .js all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .sass all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .scss all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .less all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .vue all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .cfg all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .json all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .jsx all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .log all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .lua all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .md all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .php all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .pl all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .py all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .rb all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .ts all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .tsx all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .txt all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .conf all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .yaml all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .yml all
duti -s com.microsoft.VSCode .toml all

That’s it!