bin/column-view
#!/bin/bash
#
# Copyright 2015 Joseph Block <jpb@apesseekingknowledge.net>
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# Set the current directory's view to column view
if [[ "$(uname -s)" != 'Darwin' ]]; then
echo 'Sorry, this script only works on macOS'
exit 1
fi
exec osascript <<EOT
set cwd to do shell script "pwd"
tell application "Finder"
if (${1-1} <= (count Finder windows)) then
set the target of window ${1-1} to (POSIX file cwd) as string
set the current view of the front Finder window to column view
else
open (POSIX file cwd) as string
set the current view of the front Finder window to column view
end if
end tell
EOT