Launch Multiple Chrome Instances on MAC

chrome.sh

#
# Add the below chrome() function to your ~/.bash_profile
#
# Launch an anonymous instance - Profile is stored in /tmp with random name
# $ chrome
#
# Launch/relaunch a temporary named instance - Profile is stored in /tmp with specified name
# $ chrome name_in_all_lowercase
#
# Launch/relaunch a permanent named instance - Profile is stored in ~/Documents/ChromeProfiles with specified name
# $ chrome NameInMixedCase

chrome() {
        if [ "$1" == "" ] ; then
                pl=$( uuidgen )
                pd="/tmp/chrome-profile-$pl"
        else
                pl=$( echo "$1" | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]" )
                if [ "$pl" == "$1" ] ; then
                        pd="/tmp/chrome-profile-$1"
                else
                        mkdir -p "$HOME/Documents/ChromeProfiles"
                        pd="$HOME/Documents/ChromeProfiles/$1"
                fi
        fi
        app="/Applications/Google Chrome.app"
        open -n "${app}" --args --user-data-dir="$pd" > /dev/null 2>&1;
}