Saturday, September 21, 2013

Running Google Chrome with a Specified Profile on Linux

I have got two Google Chrome profiles, and each of them has its own history, bookmarks, settings, etc. In order to run the browser with a specified profile, I created a little Bash script called chrome and saved it in the $HOME/bin directory.

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$1" = "ks" ]
then 
    google-chrome --profile-directory=Default
    echo X
elif [ "$1" = "x" ]
then 
    google-chrome --profile-directory="Profile 1"
else
    echo "Wrong argument"
fi 

For example, my name is Maksim, and it can be spelled as Maxim or Maksim

If I use a Google account where my name is spelled as Maksim, I run chrome ks. And when I use my second Google account where my name is spelled as Maxim, I run chrome x.

http://superuser.com/a/377195/150464
Thanks, guys!