Launch all Dock apps with exclusions based on modifier keys

Launch All in Dock.applescript

-- Launch All in Dock.applescript
-- Brett Terpstra 2012
--
-- Modified version of an AppleScript to launch all 
-- persistent (Keep in Dock) apps[^1]. Allows you to exclude
-- apps based on modifier keys held when it runs.
-- 
-- Uses the `keys` utility found on the Apple Mailing Lists[^2].


set optDoNotOpen to {"com.adiumx.adiumx", "com.skype.skype"}
set shiftDoNotOpen to {"com.apple.mail"}

delay 2
set optKeyDown to (do shell script "/usr/local/bin/keys option")
set shiftKeyDown to (do shell script "/usr/local/bin/keys shift")
set _exclude to ""
if optKeyDown = "1" then
	repeat with _app in optDoNotOpen
		set _exclude to _exclude & "|grep -v " & _app
	end repeat
end if
if shiftKeyDown = "1" then
	repeat with _app in shiftDoNotOpen
		set _exclude to _exclude & "|grep -v " & _app
	end repeat
end if

return do shell script "for app in $(defaults read com.apple.dock persistent-apps|grep bundle-identifier" & _exclude & "| awk '{print $3}'| tr -d '\";'); do open -g -b $app; done"

-- [^1]: <http://brettterpstra.com/launching-your-entire-dock-at-once/>
--
-- [^2]: <http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users/2009/Sep/msg00374.html>