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get-frontwin-title (1254B)


      1 #!/usr/bin/env bash
      2 # on macOS, gets the title of the frontmost window.
      3 if ! command -v osascript 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
      4   echo "osascript not installed." >&2
      5   exit 1
      6 fi
      7 # Either use first arg as app name
      8 if [ $# -ge 1 ]; then
      9   osascript <<YEET
     10     tell application "$1"
     11       activate
     12     end tell
     13 
     14     tell application "System Events"
     15       # Get the frontmost app's *process* object.
     16       set frontAppProcess to first application process whose frontmost is true
     17     end tell
     18 
     19     # Tell the *process* to count its windows and return its front window's name.
     20     tell frontAppProcess
     21       if (count of windows) > 0 then
     22         set window_name to name of front window
     23       end if
     24     end tell
     25 YEET
     26 # Or just use currently focused app
     27 else
     28   echo "No args passed, getting title of frontmost window of current application."
     29   osascript <<YEET
     30     tell application "System Events"
     31       # Get the frontmost app's *process* object.
     32       set frontAppProcess to first application process whose frontmost is true
     33     end tell
     34 
     35     # Tell the *process* to count its windows and return its front window's name.
     36     tell frontAppProcess
     37       if (count of windows) > 0 then
     38         set window_name to name of front window
     39       end if
     40     end tell
     41 YEET
     42 fi