A bash helper for controlling Spotify on Mac over osascript

spotify.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Install:
# ln -s $PWD/spotify-cmd.sh /usr/local/bin/spotify

ARG=$@

usage () {
  echo "Usage: $0 [play|pause|playpause|next track|previous track]"
}

command () {
  osascript <<EOF
if application "Spotify" is not running then
  tell application "Spotify" to activate
  tell application "System Events" to tell process "Spotify" to keystroke "h" using command down
  delay 5
end
if application "Spotify" is running then
  tell application "Spotify" to $1
end if
EOF
}

if [[ "$ARG" = '' ]]; then usage; exit; fi

command "$ARG"