Shell script to launch google chrome under a profile with a given name.

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  exec google-chrome &
  exit 0
else
  for preffile in ~/.config/google-chrome/{Default,Profile*}/Preferences; do
    # The profile name appears to always be the last "name:" in the json
    # of the Preferences file. Yes, fragile, but appears to work for now.
    profname=$(grep \"name\" "$preffile" | tail -1 | sed -e 's/.*"\([^"]*\)",\?$/\1/')
    if [ "$1" == "$profname" ]; then
      profdir=$(echo "$preffile" | sed -e 's|^.*google-chrome/\([^/]*\)/Preferences$|\1|')
      echo "Going to launch with profile directory: $profdir"
      exec google-chrome --profile-directory="$profdir" &
      exit 0
    fi
  done

  # didn't find that profile name
  echo "Profile named $1 not found!"
  exit 1
fi