Open webpage in chrome from linux terminal (and search for string "my_string"): xchrome -f my_string /path/to/html.html

xchrome_func_source.sh

  function xchrome() {
read -r -d '' HELP_MSG << END_HELP_MSG

  Description:
    Open webpage in chrome from terminal (and search for string "my_string")
  Installation:
    Add this function to your .bashrc
  Known limitiations:
    find string can only contain [a-zA-Z_]
    URL cannot have anchors /path/to/html.html#anchor
  Required options:
    <url>               # Cannot have internal anchors defined.
  Optional args:
    -f|--find <string>  # Can only contain [a-zA-Z_]
    -h|--help           # This help message
  Usage example:
    xchrome -f my_string /path/to/html.html

END_HELP_MSG
    unset str2find

    # Parse args
      POSITIONAL=()
      while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
        key="$1"
        case $key in
          -h|--help)  echo -e "$HELP_MSG";                                    return 0;     ;;
          -f|--find)  str2find="$2";                                          shift; shift; ;;
          *)          POSITIONAL+=("$1") $(: save it in an array for later ); shift;        ;;
        esac
      done
      set -- "${POSITIONAL[@]}" # restore positional parameters
      url="$1"; shift

    # Bring the Chrome window to the current desktop/workspace
      xdotool search --name chrome set_desktop_for_window %@ $( xdotool get_desktop )

    # Open the URL
      /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable "$url"

    # send keys to chrome to find "string"
      if [ ! -z ${str2find+x} ]; then
        str2find_spaced=$( echo $str2find | sed -e 's/\(.\)/\1 /g' )
        str2find_expanded=$( echo $str2find_spaced | sed -e 's/_/underscore/g' )
        finalStr="ctrl+f $str2find_expanded"
        winId=$( xdotool search --name "Google Chrome" )
        xdotool windowactivate --sync $winId key $finalStr
      fi
  }