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Summary

This uses the Objective C bridge to launch the specified app asynchronously and ‘hidden’ (it’ll still show up in the dock for now). An example of the bundle name is ‘com.apple.itunes’ for launching iTunes.
  • Needs Admin: False
  • Version: 1
  • Author: @its_a_feature_

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Arguments

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bundle

  • Description: The Bundle name to launch
  • Required Value: True
  • Default Value: None

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Usage

launchapp {bundle name}

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Detailed Summary

This uses a single ObjC Bridge call to execute the bundle: 
ObjC.import('AppKit');
$.NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace.launchAppWithBundleIdentifierOptionsAdditionalEventParamDescriptorLaunchIdentifier(
  command_params['bundle'],
  $.NSWorkspaceLaunchAsync | $.NSWorkspaceLaunchAndHide | $.NSWorkspaceLaunchWithoutAddingToRecents,
  $.NSAppleEventDescriptor.nullDescriptor,
  null
);