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Finds an application by its name (e.g. "Safari")

Parameters:

• name - A string containing the name of the application to search for

Returns:

• An hs.application object if one can be found, otherwise nil

Finds an application by its window title (e.g. "Activity Monitor (All Processes)")

Parameters:

• title - A string containing a window title of the application to search for

Returns:

• An hs.application object if one can be found, otherwise nil

Finds an application by Lua pattern in its window title (e.g."Inbox %(%d+ messages.*)")

Parameters:

• pattern - a Lua pattern describing a window title of the application to search for

Returns:

• An hs.application object if one can be found, otherwise nil

Notes:

• For more about Lua patterns, see http://lua-users.org/wiki/PatternsTutorial and http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#6.4.1

Finds a window by its title (e.g. "Activity Monitor (All Processes)")

Parameters:

• title - A string containing the title of the window to search for

Returns:

• An hs.window object if one can be found, otherwise nil

Finds a window by Lua pattern in its title (e.g."Inbox %(%d+ messages.*)")

Parameters:

• pattern - a Lua pattern describing a window title of the window to search for

Returns:

• An hs.window object if one can be found, otherwise nil

Notes:

• For more about Lua patterns, see http://lua-users.org/wiki/PatternsTutorial and http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#6.4.1