Start applications like Lightroom/Sublime Text/Chrome from CLI
Program: shlaunch 0.1.3 by peter@forret.com
Updated: Apr 18 09:32:42 2021
Description: Run applications from CLI
Usage: shlaunch [-h] [-q] [-v] [-l <log_dir>] <action?> <input?>
Flags, options and parameters:
-h|--help : [flag] show usage [default: off]
-q|--quiet : [flag] no output [default: off]
-v|--verbose : [flag] output more [default: off]
-l|--log_dir <?> : [option] folder for log files [default: /Users/pforret/log/shlaunch]
<action> : [parameter] program to start: phpstorm/spotify/... (optional)
<input> : [parameter] parameters to start program with (optional)
### TIPS & EXAMPLES
* use shlaunch [application] [folder/file] to start the application
shlaunch phpstorm .
* use [alias] [folder/file] to start the [alias] application (alias = symlink to shlaunch)
phpstorm .
lightroom Photos/IMG1243547.dng
* use shlaunch check to check if this script is ready to execute and what values the options/flags are
shlaunch check
* use shlaunch env to generate an example .env file
shlaunch env > .env
* use shlaunch update to update to the latest version
There are aliases (symbolic links) that facilitate usage.
E.g. firefox www.google.com is equivalent to shlaunch firefox www.google.com,
because of the pre-existing symbolic link ln -s shlaunch.sh firefox.
| application | alias | MacOS | Ubuntu | Fedora |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Lightroom | lightroom | ✅ | - | - |
| Adobe Photoshop | photoshop | ✅ | - | - |
| Apple Safari | safari | ✅ | - | - |
| Filezilla | filezilla | ✅ | - | - |
| Mozilla Firefox | firefox | ✅ | - | - |
| Google Chrome | chrome | ✅ | - | - |
| Jetbrains PhpStorm | phpstorm | ✅ | - | - |
| Sublime Text | sublime | ✅ | - | - |
> phpstorm .
# start PhpStorm with current folder as project
> safari www.google.com
# open Safari with Google websitewith basher
$ basher install pforret/shlaunch
or with git
$ git clone https://github.com/pforret/shlaunch.git
$ cd shlaunch
- script created with bashew
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