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ESP is an OSX terminal convenience script that allows users to easily launch OSX programs from the command line without knowing the entire OSX Bundle Identifier Name. It associates user aliases to OSXs program bundles via the kMDItemDisplayName mechanism for an intuitive way to launch programs.

When deep into the directory tree in the console, it was annoying to open a program and have to re-navigate down the tree to find the program to modify. I also wanted a way to launch photoshop by typing 'photshop' or sublime by typing 'sublime' or whatever-the-heck-I-want-to-run by typing 'whatever-part-of-the-program-name-I-know-without-needing-to-first-have-made-an-alias'. If you think it would be more convenient to simply launch a program from the terminal than to reach for the mouse and go the dock or applications then open your document or click open the folder or select the new document template, then this program might be something which would appeal to you.

• utilize "dynamic references" to load software from the terminal window
• save your favorite references
• list your existing references
• delete references from your saved list
• print the equivilent alias for a dynamic reference
• create an aliases for dynamic references
• update the esp core software with ease

I should put some examples here soon

I'll be changing these installation instruction from this to curl as it is avaiable on the os even without homebrew

Installing esp is easy to do. Ensure wget is installed, add ~/bin to the local users executable path and download it.

1. Ensure that wget is avaiable on your system: wget -V

   if not, then install using brew install wget

2. Ensure the current user has ~/bin/ in the executable path using echo $PATH

   if not: echo 'export PATH=$PATH:~/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile; export PATH=$PATH:~/bin

3. Once ready to install - wget -P ~/bin/ —output-document=esp https://raw.github.com/kimlercorey/esp/master/esp.sh; mv ~/bin/esp.sh ~/bin/esp; chmod +x ~/bin/esp;

Once installed type the name of your favorite app to start it!

The easiest way to get involved is to fork and create a pull request. Also, do add yourself to the authors line or special thanks line too depending on where you prefer to be included. We'll handle incrementing the version on this side. Your involvement is welcome. I am always looking for ways to improve the code.

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