This script is designed to associate various file extensions with a specified application on macOS. By default, it associates the file extensions with Visual Studio Code - Insiders (because that's what I use).
- To use the default editor (Visual Studio Code - Insiders), run:
associate_file_extensions.sh
- To use a different editor, run:
where
associate_file_extensions.sh <app_name>
<app_name>is the name of an editor of your choice.
The script defines a few functions for printing colored text to the terminal.
It then sets the HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE environment variable to prevent
brew from auto-updating during installation. It installs duti via brew install duti if it's not already installed.
The script defines an array of file extensions to associate with the specified
application. For each extension, it runs a duti command that associates the
extension with the specified application.
The duti command has this syntax: duti -s <app_id> <extension> all, where
<app_id> is the ID of the application to associate the file extension with,
and <extension> is the file extension to associate. The all flag is used to
associate the extension with all possible file types (e.g., public.json,
public.text, etc.).
The script prints a yellow message to the terminal before running each duti
command to let the user know what command is being executed. If the command is
successful, it prints a green message. If the command fails, it prints a red
error message.
To associate additional file extensions with the specified application, they can be added to the extensions array.
Highly inspired by Darragh ORiordan's article Set vscode as the default editor for text files on mac.