script to install a jupyter lab launch agent on MacOS

install_jupyterlab_launch_agent.sh

cat <<EOF > ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.$(whoami).jupyterlab.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <true/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.$(whoami).jupyterlab</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>$(which jupyter)</string>
                <string>lab</string>
                <string>--notebook-dir=/Users/$(whoami)/Documents/jupyter-lab/</string>
                <string>--no-browser</string>
                <string>--port</string>
                <string>5887</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
</dict>
</plist>
EOF
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.$(whoami).jupyterlab.plist
open http://localhost:5887/