How to run a command in Visual Studio Code with launch.json

Question

Is there a way to execute an ssh command when debugging a project with .vscode/launch.json?

For example: ssh -i xxxxx.

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Answer 1

For me, I just needed an environment variable, which is different. You don't want a task for this because (at least for me) it doesn't work when the launcher is run.

Thanks to here, I got it working like this, inside my launcher (launch.json) entry:

"environment": [{
    "name": "ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_NAME",
    "value": "${workspaceFolder}/lib" //Set to whatever value you want.
}],