Execute Menu Item Shortcuts from Terminal

Question

Is there a way to write a bash script that opens a program and then executes a menu shortcut of the program?

For example,

open XCode project -> Command + R to run

open Chrome -> Command + N for new window

I thought it might look something like:

$ open MyProject.xcodeproj | exec ⌘ r

As a general statement no, you can't do this. Some applications have ways of triggering application actions from outside (via script/etc.) but not all. — Etan Reisner, Dec 09 '14 at 16:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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Some apps provide command line API which you can use to trigger the actions.

Instead that you can use Automator.app on OS X and use AppleScript for GUI scripting. Here is similar question like yours:

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Dec 09 '14 at 19:32

rastasheep

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