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  1. andrewpetrochenkov revised this gist Aug 3, 2024. 2 changed files with 11 additions and 16 deletions.
    19 changes: 11 additions & 8 deletions lsappinfo.sh → mac-frontmost-app.sh
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    #!/usr/bin/env bash
    { set +x; } 2>/dev/null

    lsappinfo info -only name `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"' '{print $4}'
    lsappinfo info -only pid `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"=' '{print $2}'
    lsappinfo info -only bundlepath `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"' '{print $4}'
    lsappinfo info -only bundleID `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"' '{print $4}'

    osascript <<EOF
    tell application "System Events"
    name of (first process whose frontmost is true)
    end tell
    EOF

    lsappinfo info -only name `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"' '{print $4}'
    lsappinfo info -only pid `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"=' '{print $2}'
    lsappinfo info -only bundlepath `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"' '{print $4}'
    lsappinfo info -only bundleID `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"' '{print $4}'

    8 changes: 0 additions & 8 deletions osascript.sh
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    #!/usr/bin/env bash
    { set +x; } 2>/dev/null

    osascript <<EOF
    tell application "System Events"
    name of (first process whose frontmost is true)
    end tell
    EOF
  2. andrewpetrochenkov revised this gist Jul 19, 2021. No changes.
  3. andrewpetrochenkov created this gist Jun 7, 2019.
    8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions lsappinfo.sh
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    #!/usr/bin/env bash
    { set +x; } 2>/dev/null

    lsappinfo info -only name `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"' '{print $4}'
    lsappinfo info -only pid `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"=' '{print $2}'
    lsappinfo info -only bundlepath `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"' '{print $4}'
    lsappinfo info -only bundleID `lsappinfo front` | awk -F'"' '{print $4}'

    8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions osascript.sh
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    #!/usr/bin/env bash
    { set +x; } 2>/dev/null

    osascript <<EOF
    tell application "System Events"
    name of (first process whose frontmost is true)
    end tell
    EOF