macOS Finder scripts

Installation

$ [sudo] npm i -g 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