change profile/colors from the command line on iTerm2 on Mac OSX

prof.bash

# function to change the profile on iTerm2.  Finds the first profile that matches the partial string and assigns it.
# usage: prof jacki   -> will set profile JackieBrown in this example
# usage: prof red  -> will set profile RedSands in this example

function prof() { 

	# you have to add these profiles in your iTerm preferences.  Create new profiles with the colors you like and add the profile names to the list here
	avlblProfiles=( "Default" "Espresso" "Mac OSX Term" "JackieBrown" "Urple" "SeaShells" "RedSands" "Sundried" )

	profileName=""
	for i in "${avlblProfiles[@]}"
	do
		#make lower case
		lowi=`echo "$i" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
		low1=`echo "$1" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
		if [[ "$lowi" == *"$low1"* ]]; then
			echo "Matched profile:" "$i"
			profileName="$i"
			break
		fi
	done

	if [ -z "$profileName" ]; then
		echo "Empty profile name match."
		return
	fi
	echo -e "\033]50;SetProfile=$profileName\a" 
}