active-win-cli
Advanced tools
Get the title/id/etc of the active window (macOS & Linux)
$ npm install --global active-win-cli
$ active-win --help
Usage
$ active-win [property]
Returns title, id, app, pid, or the specified property
Examples
$ active-win
npm install
54
Terminal
368
$ active-win app
Terminal
You can use the id property with the builtin screencapture CLI tool to screenshot the active window:
$ screencapture -l$(active-win id) screenshot.png
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Get the title/id/etc of the active window (macOS & Linux)
We found that active-win-cli demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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