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  • That's really comprehensive, thankyou for taking the time to help me. I modified it based upon your tips, but unfortunately the concatenation still happens on my machine. It think it is probably something obvious that I've missed but I can't see it. I have tried set -x to see if there is a problem but it doesn't really show anything meaningful Commented Sep 8, 2019 at 10:47
  • Also I am keen to take on board your tips about translating functions to standalone scripts if it is possible to still call them in my normal shell via .bash_profile, is there any resource I can consult about doing so? I don't really want to litter my home directory with .sh files or otherwise put my scripts somewhere I'll forget about them Commented Sep 8, 2019 at 10:49
  • 1. from reading the launchctl man page, it looks as if it already searches the appropriate paths. i.e. there's no need to pre-pend a path. try not doing that. 2. see In Bash, when to alias, when to script, and when to write a function? Commented Sep 8, 2019 at 10:54
  • There's also a case of How Can I Expand A Tilde ~ As Part Of A Variable? in filepath="~/Library/Launchagents/$filepath.plist" I think? Commented Sep 8, 2019 at 11:27