chrome-cli

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# chrome-cli\n\n## Overview\n\nchrome-cli is a command line utility for controlling Google Chrome compatible browsers on OS X.\nIt is a native binary that uses the Scripting Bridge to communicate with Chrome.\nchrome-cli has been tested with the following browsers:\n\n- Chrome\n- Chrome Canary\n- Chromium\n- Brave\n- Vivaldi\n- Edge\n- Arc\n\n### Other browsers\n\nBy default chrome-cli communicates with Chrome, but you can use it with other browsers by settings\nthe `CHROME_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER` environment variable. I.e. to use chrome-cli with Brave you can run the following command:\n\n```bash\nCHROME_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER=\"com.brave.Browser\" chrome-cli list tabs\n```\n\nCheck the [scripts directory](scripts) for some convenient wrappers.\n\n#### How do I find the bundle identifier?\n\nThe following command will print out the bundle identifier for Brave\n\n```bash\nmdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier -raw /Applications/Brave\\ Browser.app\n```\n\n## Installation\n\n#### Homebrew\n\n```bash\nbrew install chrome-cli\n```\n\nThis will install:\n\n- chrome-cli\n- chrome-canary-cli\n- chromium-cli\n- brave-cli\n- vivaldi-cli\n- edge-cli\n- arc-cli\n\n## JavaScript execution and viewing source\n\nTo execute javascript or to view a tab\u0027s source you must first enable `View \u003e Developer \u003e Allow JavaScript from Apple Events`.\nMore details [here](https://www.chromium.org/developers/applescript). Thanks to @kevinfrommelt and @paulp for providing this information.\n\n## Usage\n\n    chrome-cli -h  (Print help)\n    chrome-cli --help  (Print help)\n    chrome-cli help  (Print help)\n    chrome-cli list windows  (List all windows)\n    chrome-cli list tabs  (List all tabs)\n    chrome-cli list tabs -w \u003cid\u003e  (List tabs in specific window)\n    chrome-cli list links  (List all tabs\u0027 link)\n    chrome-cli list links -w \u003cid\u003e  (List tabs\u0027 link in specific window)\n    chrome-cli info  (Print info for active tab)\n    chrome-cli info -t \u003cid\u003e  (Print info for specific tab)\n    chrome-cli open \u003curl\u003e  (Open url in new tab)\n    chrome-cli open \u003curl\u003e -n  (Open url",
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