🔨 Bash -

Itermify

I find a frequeny need to run multiple commands when I start developing a project e.g. start the server, JS code watcher, CSS compression watcher. The following bash function allows starting a new iTerm tab and running a list of commands inside it on Mac OS X.

itermify()
{
    osascript \
        -e 'activate application "iTerm"' \
        -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "t" using command down'
    for ARG; do
        A='tell application "System Events" to tell process "iTerm" to keystroke '
        A+="\"$ARG\""
        osascript \
            -e 'activate application "iTerm"' \
            -e "$A" \
            -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "iTerm" to key code 52'
    done
}

Some usage examples:

# Build and host this website. Opens 2 new terminal tabs.
rukruk()
{
    itermify 'cd ~/ruksismith' 'bash unix_build.sh'
    itermify 'cd ~/ruksismith' 'bash unix_host.sh'
}

# Running a project with multiple processes in various virtual environments
# required for development. Opens 4 new terminal tabs.
porkpork()
{
    itermify 'v pork' 'python manage.py runserver'
    itermify 'v pork' 'nvm use 7' 'yarn run watch-webpack'
    itermify 'v pork' 'nvm use 7' 'yarn run watch-css'
    itermify 'v chops' 'run-agent'
}