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Terminal Quick Commands

Terminal Quick Commands

Hafiz Ahtasham Ali

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Quick access to commonly used terminal commands with customizable shortcuts
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Terminal Quick Commands

A Visual Studio Code extension that provides quick access to commonly used terminal commands through a convenient command palette.

Features

  • Quick access to predefined commands via Ctrl+Alt+K (Cmd+Alt+K on macOS)
  • Command suggestions with descriptions
  • Non-executing command insertion (allows review before execution)
  • Status bar integration for easy access

Available Commands

Shortcut Command Description
status git status Check Git repository status
run uvicorn main:app --reload Run FastAPI development server
dev npm run dev Start Node.js development server

Usage

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+K (Cmd+Alt+K on macOS) to open the command palette
  2. Select a command from the list
  3. The command will be written to your terminal
  4. Press Enter to execute the command when ready

Requirements

  • Visual Studio Code version 1.99.0 or higher

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • terminal-quick-commands.enabled: Enable/disable this extension
  • terminal-quick-commands.commands: Customize the available commands (coming soon)

Known Issues

None at the moment.

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release of Terminal Quick Commands:

  • Added quick command palette
  • Included basic Git and development commands
  • Added status bar integration

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License.

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