# Functions
> An assorted collection of useful OS X specific Bash-style functions. Part of [Awesome OS X Command Line](https://github.com/herrbischoff/awesome-osx-command-line).
## Table of Contents
- [Developer](#developer)
- [App Icons](#app-icons)
- [Finder](#finder)
- [Get Path of Frontmost Finder Window](#get-path-of-frontmost-finder-window)
- [Set Current Directory's Finder View to Column View](#set-current-directorys-finder-view-to-column-view)
- [Set Current Directory's Finder View to Icon View](#set-current-directorys-finder-view-to-icon-view)
- [Set Current Directory's Finder View to List View](#set-current-directorys-finder-view-to-list-view)
## Developer
### App Icons
#### Create App Icon
Function to quickly create an application icon from 1024px master file.
```bash
function mkicns() {
if [[ -z "$@" ]]; then
echo "Input file missing"
else
filename=${1%.*}
mkdir $filename.iconset
sips -z 16 16 $1 --out $filename.iconset/icon_16x16.png
sips -z 32 32 $1 --out $filename.iconset/icon_16x16@2x.png
sips -z 32 32 $1 --out $filename.iconset/icon_32x32.png
sips -z 64 64 $1 --out $filename.iconset/icon_32x32@2x.png
sips -z 128 128 $1 --out $filename.iconset/icon_128x128.png
sips -z 256 256 $1 --out $filename.iconset/icon_128x128@2x.png
sips -z 256 256 $1 --out $filename.iconset/icon_256x256.png
sips -z 512 512 $1 --out $filename.iconset/icon_256x256@2x.png
sips -z 512 512 $1 --out $filename.iconset/icon_512x512.png
cp $1 $filename.iconset/icon_512x512@2x.png
iconutil -c icns $filename.iconset
rm -r $filename.iconset
fi
}
```
## Finder
### Get Path of Frontmost Finder Window
```bash
function finder_path {
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder"'\
-e "if (${1-1} <= (count Finder windows)) then"\
-e "get POSIX path of (target of window ${1-1} as alias)"\
-e 'else' \
-e 'get POSIX path of (desktop as alias)'\
-e 'end if' \
-e 'end tell';
}
```
### Set Current Directory's Finder View to Column View
```bash
function column_view {
osascript -e 'set cwd to do shell script "pwd"'\
-e 'tell application "Finder"'\
-e "if (${1-1} <= (count Finder windows)) then"\
-e "set the target of window ${1-1} to (POSIX file cwd) as string"\
-e "set the current view of the front Finder window to column view"\
-e 'else' -e "open (POSIX file cwd) as string"\
-e "set the current view of the front Finder window to column view"\
-e 'end if' -e 'end tell';
}
```
### Set Current Directory's Finder View to Icon View
```bash
function icon_view {
osascript -e 'set cwd to do shell script "pwd"'\
-e 'tell application "Finder"'\
-e "if (${1-1} <= (count Finder windows)) then"\
-e "set the target of window ${1-1} to (POSIX file cwd) as string"\
-e "set the current view of the front Finder window to icon view"\
-e 'else' -e "open (POSIX file cwd) as string"\
-e "set the current view of the front Finder window to icon view"\
-e 'end if' -e 'end tell';
};
```
### Set Current Directory's Finder View to List View
```bash
function list_view {
osascript -e 'set cwd to do shell script "pwd"'\
-e 'tell application "Finder"'\
-e "if (${1-1} <= (count Finder windows)) then"\
-e "set the target of window ${1-1} to (POSIX file cwd) as string"\
-e "set the current view of the front Finder window to list view"\
-e 'else' -e "open (POSIX file cwd) as string"\
-e "set the current view of the front Finder window to list view"\
-e 'end if' -e 'end tell';\
}
```
## License
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