Shell function to open a given url as a standalone window.

open-as-chrome-app.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Open the url given as a parameter as a standalone window of Google Chrome
function app () {
  local profile=""
  local protocol=""
  if [[ $1 != *"://"* ]]; then
    protocol="https://"
  fi
  if [ -n "$2" ] ; then
    echo "Opening profile $2"
    profile="--profile-directory=$2"
  fi
  google-chrome --app=$(echo "$protocol$1") "$profile";
}