gistfile1.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# By: Ernesto Jiménez <[email protected]>
#
# This script will generate aliases for all your applications 
# in your /Applications folder in OS X allowing you to easily
# open applications from your command line.
# Examples:
#  safari http://ernesto-jimenez.com
#  finder ~
#  quicktime-player /path/to/video.mov
#
# I've added these lines to my $HOME/.bashrc:
#   if [ -f $HOME/.bashrc_aliases ]; then
#       source $HOME/.bashrc_aliases
#   fi

echo "alias finder=\"open -a finder\"" > $HOME/.bashrc_aliases
for i in $(
  ls /Applications | awk -F / '{
    if ($NF ~ /\.app$/) {
      app_name = tolower($NF);
      sub(/\.app/, "", app_name);
      gsub(/[^a-z0-9]+/, "-", app_name);
      print app_name
    }
  }'); do
    COMMAND="open -a \\\"$(echo $i | sed -e 's/-/ /g')\\\""
    echo "alias $i=\"$COMMAND\"" >> $HOME/.bashrc_aliases
done