reload-browser - A cross-platform wrapper for reloading the current
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#!/bin/sh | |
# reload-browser - A cross-platform wrapper for reloading the current | |
# browser tab | |
# Eric Radman, 2014 | |
# http://eradman.com/entrproject/scripts/ | |
usage() { | |
case `uname` in | |
Darwin) | |
# applescript needs the exact title | |
echo "Usage: $(basename $0) Firefox [Safari \"Google Chrome\" ...]" | |
;; | |
*) | |
# xdotool uses regular expressions | |
echo "Usage: $(basename $0) Firefox [Chrome ...]" | |
;; | |
esac | |
exit 1 | |
} | |
[ $# -lt 1 ] && usage | |
for app in "$@" | |
do | |
case `uname` in | |
Darwin) | |
/usr/bin/osascript <<-APPLESCRIPT | |
set prev to (path to frontmost application as text) | |
tell application "$app" | |
activate | |
end tell | |
delay 0.5 | |
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "r" using {command down} | |
delay 0.5 | |
activate application prev | |
APPLESCRIPT | |
;; | |
*) | |
xdotool search --onlyvisible --class "$app" windowfocus key \ | |
--window %@ 'ctrl+r' || { | |
1>&2 echo "unable to signal an application named \"$app\"" | |
} | |
;; | |
esac | |
done |
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