macOS Google Chrome.app scripts

Installation

$ [sudo] npm i -g mac-chrome

Config

$ export CHROME_TIMEOUT=10 # 5 by default

Scripts usage

command|usage -|- chrome |usage: chrome command [args] chrome-close |usage: chrome-close url ... chrome-frontmost |usage: chrome-frontmost chrome-fullscreen-detect |usage: chrome-fullscreen-detect chrome-fullscreen-enter |usage: chrome-fullscreen-enter chrome-fullscreen-exit |usage: chrome-fullscreen-exit chrome-isready |usage: chrome-isready timeout chrome-kill |usage: chrome-kill chrome-noisy-tabs |usage: chrome-noisy-tabs chrome-open |usage: chrome-open url ... chrome-pid |usage: chrome-pid chrome-refresh |usage: chrome-refresh url ... chrome-url |usage: chrome-url chrome-urls |usage: chrome-urls

Examples

url(s)

$ chrome urls
https://github.com/
https://google.com/
$ chrome url
https://github.com/

open/refresh

$ chrome open "https://github.com/" "https://google.com/"
$ chrome refresh "https://github.com/"

fullscreen

$ chrome fullscreen-enter
$ chrome fullscreen-detect
1
$ chrome fullscreen-exit

frontmost (1 or 0)

$ chrome frontmost
0

Google Chrome.app process

$ chrome pid
42
$ chrome isready 5 # timeout 5 seconds
1
$ chrome kill