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Open or foreground a dedicated 'claude' instance of Ghostty
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
PROJECT_DIR="${1:-$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)}" | |
APP_BUNDLE="/Applications/Ghostty.app" | |
WINDOW_TITLE="Claude WebStorm" # must match the --title you pass below | |
GHOSTTY_ARGS=( | |
--initial-command="claude /ide" | |
--title="$WINDOW_TITLE" | |
--working-directory="$PROJECT_DIR" | |
--macos-icon="retro" | |
--quit-after-last-window-closed=true | |
) | |
#--macos-icon=custom-style | |
#--macos-icon-ghost-color=BCBEC4 | |
#--macos-icon-screen-color=FFFFFF | |
# Original Reference Command: | |
# open -na "/Applications/Ghostty.app" --args --working-directory="$ProjectFileDir$" --command="claude /ide" --title="Claude WebStorm" --macos-icon="retro" --quit-after-last-window-closed=true | |
# Get all Ghostty PIDs using ps (most comprehensive) | |
PIDS=($(ps aux | grep -i ghostty | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')) | |
# Check each PID for the target window title in command line | |
for pid in "${PIDS[@]}"; do | |
cmdline=$(ps -p "$pid" -o args= 2>/dev/null || echo "") | |
if [[ "$cmdline" == *"$WINDOW_TITLE"* ]]; then | |
# Found the process with our window title, bring it to front | |
osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to set frontmost of (first application process whose unix id is $pid) to true" | |
exit 0 | |
fi | |
done | |
# Window not found, launch new instance | |
open -na "$APP_BUNDLE" --args "${GHOSTTY_ARGS[@]}" | |
# Original slow but working AppleScript approach (commented out for reference): | |
#osascript <<EOF | |
#tell application "System Events" | |
# set found to false | |
# repeat with p in application processes | |
# if name of p is "Ghostty" then | |
# repeat with w in windows of p | |
# if name of w is "$WINDOW_TITLE" then | |
# set frontmost of p to true | |
# set found to true | |
# exit repeat | |
# end if | |
# end repeat | |
# if found then exit repeat | |
# end if | |
# end repeat | |
#end tell | |
# | |
#if not found then | |
# do shell script "open -na '$APP_BUNDLE' --args ${GHOSTTY_ARGS[*]}" | |
#end if | |
#EOF |
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