al

al

AL is a cli tool for open/close your apps and web URLs.

Installation

go install github.com/meinbaumm/al@latest

[~]$ al

NAME:
   al - Open/close web urls/apps

USAGE:
   al [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   0.1.3

AUTHOR:
   Maxim Petrenko <meinbaumm@gmail.com>

COMMANDS:
   web      Open web urls
   open     Open apps
   close    Close apps
   help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --help, -h     show help
   --version, -v  print the version

How to setup?

Now AL support 3 command.

web      Open web urls
open     Open apps
close    Close apps

So to use AL you need to specify your own config file like this.

urls:
  cambridge: "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/"
  github: "https://github.com/"
  facebook: "https://www.facebook.com/"
apps-to-open:
  safari: "/../../Applications/Safari.app/"
  settings: "/../../System/Applications/System Settings.app/"
  calendar: "/../../System/Applications/Calendar.app/"
  photos: "/../../System/Applications/Photos.app/"
  books: "/../../System/Applications/Books.app/"
apps-to-close: 
  safari: quit app "Safari"
  settings: quit app "System Settings"
  calendar: quit app "Calendar"
  photos: quit app "Photos"
  books: quit app "Books"

How AL decides what config file to use?

All will look for the path in AL_CONFIG env variable. Just add this line to your .profile file:

export AL_CONFIG="/home/username/al-config.yml"

Examples of usage

al help – shows help command

NAME:
   al - Open/close web urls/apps

USAGE:
   al [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   0.1.3

AUTHOR:
   Maxim Petrenko <meinbaumm@gmail.com>

COMMANDS:
   web      Open web urls
   open     Open apps
   close    Close apps
   help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --help, -h     show help
   --version, -v  print the version

• al open safari calendar books – will open safari, calendar and books applications.
• al close safari calendar books – will close opened applications
• al web github facebook – will open github and facebook websites in your default browser

For any command, there is a list subcommand to see list of available apps/urls in your config file. For example

• al web list – will print all url names from your config file in ascending order. If you want to see not only url names, but urls too, use --verbose flag.