launchapp - SpecterOps Open Source

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_

Arguments

bundle

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

Usage

launchapp {bundle name}

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
);

jsimport_call list_apps

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Arguments

bundle

Usage

Detailed Summary