Script to maximize windows of pre-selected applications on OS X

window-max.sh

#!/bin/bash

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# Add names of applications which you want to maximize to ~/.windowmaxrc, each application name in a single line, for example:
#
# -> cat ~/.windowmaxrc
# iTerm
# Safari
# Google Chrome
# MacDown
# Mail
######################################################################################################

osascript <<EOF 
set processes to {$(ruby -e 'puts STDIN.map(&:chomp).map(&:inspect).*","' < ~/.windowmaxrc)}

tell application "Finder"
  set _b to bounds of window of desktop
  set w to item 3 of _b
  set h to item 4 of _b
end tell

repeat with proc in processes
  try
    tell application "System Events" to tell process proc
      repeat with wind in windows
        tell wind 
          set size to {w, h}
          set position to {0, 0}
        end tell
      end repeat
    end tell
  on error msg
  end try
end repeat
EOF