# Make VS Code open in an existing window when opening from a command

Go to a specific directory with bash,

code .

You can open VS Code with the above command.

I always opened it this way, but it was annoying to have to open it in a new window every time, so I looked into the command to open it in an existing window.

code . -r

It seems like the above will open it in an existing window.

By the way, it seems that whether to open an existing window or a new window depends on the settings.

If you want to open in a new window,

code . -n

Execute the above command.