Cursor IDE AppImage Launcher (Linux)

cursor-bash-linux.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Cursor IDE AppImage Launcher v0.3.0
#
# Launches Cursor IDE with proper path handling and logging.
#
# 2025-03-01: Support for wait flag added.
# 2025-02-21: Created by monnef and Claude 3.6 Sonnet via Perplexity + AIlin and Cursor
#
# License: GPLv3
# AIlin: cursor

APPIMAGE_DIR="$HOME/Applications"

# Enable error handling
set -e
trap 'echo "Error occurred at line $LINENO" >&2' ERR

# Setup logging
LOGFILE="/tmp/cursor.log"
exec 1> >(tee -a "$LOGFILE") 2>&1

log() {
    echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] $*" 
}

CURSOR_APPIMAGE=$(ls -t "$APPIMAGE_DIR"/cursor-*.AppImage | head -n 1)

if [ -z "$CURSOR_APPIMAGE" ]; then
    log "❌ Error: Cursor AppImage not found in $APPIMAGE_DIR"
    exit 1
fi
log "🔍 Found Cursor AppImage: $CURSOR_APPIMAGE"

# Convert all file arguments to absolute paths
args=()
for arg in "$@"; do
    if [ -e "$arg" ]; then
        args+=("$(realpath "$arg")")
        log "📁 Converting path: $arg -> $(realpath "$arg")"
    else
        args+=("$arg")
        log "📎 Keeping argument as-is: $arg"
    fi
done

# Check if --wait is in the arguments
if [[ " ${args[*]} " == *" --wait "* ]]; then
    log "🕒 Running in foreground due to --wait flag"
    "$CURSOR_APPIMAGE" --no-sandbox "${args[@]}" >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1
    exit $?
else
    log "🚀 Launching in background"
    "$CURSOR_APPIMAGE" --no-sandbox "${args[@]}" >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 &
    CURSOR_PID=$!
    
    # Verify process started successfully
    sleep 1
    if ! kill -0 "$CURSOR_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
        log "❌ Error: Cursor failed to start"
        exit 1
    fi
    
    log "✨ Cursor launched successfully (PID: $CURSOR_PID)"
    disown "$CURSOR_PID"
fi