mac-finder 2019.6.25

macOS Finder scripts

Installation

$ [sudo] pip install mac-finder

Scripts usage

command	usage
finder	usage: finder command [args]
finder-alias	usage: finder-alias source target
finder-close-bg	usage: finder-close-bg
finder-close-duplicates	usage: finder-close-duplicates
finder-comment	usage: finder-comment path [comment]
finder-exec	usage: finder-exec command [args ...]
finder-frontmost	usage: finder-frontmost
finder-icon	usage: finder-icon path image
finder-reveal	usage: finder-reveal path
finder-selection	usage: finder-selection

Examples

create Finder alias

$ finder-alias ~/Downloads ~/Downloads2

read/write Finder comment

$ finder-comment path "comment value"
$ finder-comment path
comment value

set Finder icon

$ finder-icon path image.png

$ finder-reveal ~/git

get Finder selection

$ finder-selection
/Users/username/Desktop
/Users/username/Downloads

execute command from every selected Finder directory

$ finder-exec python setup.py install

frontmost (1 or 0)

$ finder-frontmost
0

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