Pass arguments to any OS X launcher

argify

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Example usage:
# ./argify '/Applications/Google Chrome Stable.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome' \
#     '--user-data-dir=$HOME/.chrome-stable'

if [ $# -ne 2 ]
then
  echo "Usage: `basename $0` '/Applications/Google Chrome Stable.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome' '--argument=value'"
  exit 1
fi

bin=$1
args=$2

dir=`dirname "$bin"`
newbin=$dir/argify

# Go to specified dir
cd "$dir"

if [ -e "$newbin" ]
then
  echo "Already argified! Can't argify again - quitting."
  exit 1
fi

# Move the binary
mv "$bin" "$newbin"

# Replace binary with script
echo "#!/bin/bash
'$newbin' $args
" > "$bin"

# Make script executable
chmod +x "$bin"