How do I programatically control a Chrome instance from the command line?

google-chrome, linux, remote-control

Solution

You can use this command line tool if you're on a Mac - it uses the Chrome Scripting API, I guess

https://github.com/prasmussen/chrome-cli

Problem

How do I control a running Google Chrome instance from the command line? I'm hoping there's something like a `-remote` flag that will allow me to send in some javascript or somesuch. In particular, I would like to reload the topmost document on the foremost window. I'm especially interested in Linux/MacOS solutions.

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