How to create `vscode` or `code` command line by launch visual studio code from terminal?

In Ubuntu 20.04, after download from various ways (snap or ubuntu software) the visual studio code text editor, I had not been able to find a way to install the shortcut command line vscode or code.

I used alias by open the current path:

alias c.='(code $PWD &>/dev/null &)'

But since this won't work without the line command code.

I tried the suggestions found here, to open Visual Studio Code and press Ctrl+Shift+P then type >install shell command but I got command not found.

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Solution reached:

• Find vscode_path where is visual studio code installed.
  Suppose that is /snap/code/current/usr/share/code/bin/code
• Create a symlink from <vscode_path> bin command to /usr/bin

rm -f /usr/bin/code
ln -s /snap/code/current/usr/share/code/bin/code /usr/local/bin/code

The latter would create a code line command to launch from the terminal

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