Relaunch daemons controlled by launchd easily.

launchd_aliases

dnsmasq=homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq
postgres=homebrew.mxcl.postgresql

lctl

#!/bin/sh
# About: Relaunch daemons controlled by launchd easily.
# Usage: $0 $command $label
# Example: relaunch homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq
# Label mappings can be defined in $mapping

# label mappings
mapping=$HOME/.launchd_aliases

label=$2
command=$1
label_alias=`[ -f $mapping ] && grep $label $mapping | cut -d'=' -f2`
label=${label_alias:-$label}

echo "lctl: $command $label"

case $command in
    start|stop)
        exec launchctl $command $label
    ;;
    load|unload)
        exec launchctl $command /Library/LaunchDaemons/${label}.plist
    ;;
    restart)
        exec sh <<-END
		launchctl stop $label
		launchctl start $label
	END
    ;;
    reload)
	exec sh <<-END
		launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/${label}.plist
		launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/${label}.plist
	END
    ;;
    *)
        echo "No such command: $command"
        exit 1
    ;;
esac