macOS Bundle Identifier Helper Scripts

bundle-identifier-to-path.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# bundle-identifier-to-path.sh - Get the path of an app by its bundle identifier
#

bundle_id="${1:-$(< /dev/stdin)}"
[[ -z $bundle_id ]] && echo "Usage: ${0##*/} <bundle id>" && exit 1

# Try mdfind first (faster, uses Spotlight index)
path=$(mdfind "kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier == '$bundle_id'" 2> /dev/null | head -1)

# Try Swift next, if mdfind returns nothing & Swift is installed
if [[ -z $path ]] && command -v swift > /dev/null 2>&1; then
	path=$(swift -e 'import AppKit; print(NSWorkspace.shared.urlForApplication(withBundleIdentifier: "'$bundle_id'")?.path ?? "")')
fi

# Try lsregister
if [[ -z $path ]]; then
	lsregister='/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister'
	if [[ -x $lsregister ]]; then
		path=$(
			$lsregister -dump 2> /dev/null \
				| grep -B 10 -m 1 "identifier:[[:space:]]*${1}[[:space:]]*$" \
				| grep '^path:' \
				| sed 's/path:\s*//; s/^[[:space:]]*//; s/ (0x[0-9a-f]*)$//'
		)
	fi
fi

# Exit with code 1 if we still don't have a path
[[ -z $path ]] && exit 1

# Replace `/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/App/System/Applications/` with `/Applications/`
path=${path//\/System\/Volumes\/Preboot\/Cryptexes\/App\/System\/Applications\//\/Applications\/}

# Otherwise, print the path
printf "%s" "$path"

path-to-bundle-identifier.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# path-to-bundle-identifier.sh - Get the bundle identifier of an app by its path
#

path="${1:-$(< /dev/stdin)}"
[[ -z $path ]] && echo "Usage: ${0##*/} <path>" && exit 1

# Try mdls first (faster, uses Spotlight index)
bundle_id=$(mdls -raw -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier "$path" 2> /dev/null)
[[ $bundle_id == *"could not find"* ]] && bundle_id=''

# Try reading the app's Info.plist directly
[[ -z $bundle_id ]] && bundle_id=$(defaults read "$path/Contents/Info.plist" CFBundleIdentifier 2> /dev/null)

# Exit with code 1 if we still don't have a bundle identifier
[[ -z $bundle_id ]] && exit 1

# Otherwise, print the bundle identifier
printf "%s" "$bundle_id"