Start or Focus 2.1.0

Starts an application, or if it is already running, gives it focus.

MIT License

Note: The script will check for the required commands itself, so you do not have to.

start-or-focus -- <name> [ <process> [ <command> ] ]

or:

start-or-focus (--version | -V | -v)

or:

start-or-focus (--help | -H | -h | -?)

--version, -V, -v
- Print version and copyright information.
--help, -H, -h, -?
- Print the usage message.
<name>
- Name of the application as it appears in the window (case insensitive).
<process>
- Name of the application's process (case sensitive). If not given, assumed to be same as <name>.
<command>
- The command used to start the application. If not given, assumed to be same as <process>.

start-or-focus -- \
  "Mozilla Firefox" \
  "/usr/lib/firefox/firefox"

start-or-focus -- \
  "Firefox Developer Edition" \
  "/opt/firefox-developer-edition/firefox"

start-or-focus -- \
  "Chromium" \
  "chromium-browse" \
  "chromium-browser --incognito"

(Starts Chromium in incognito mode.)

Automated tests are done using shUnit2 and ShellCheck.