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AppleScript

#!/usr/bin/env osascript
# vim:ts=4:sts=4:sw=4:et
#
# Author: Hari Sekhon
# Date: 2022-12-05 16:30:05 +0000 (Mon, 05 Dec 2022)
#
# https://github.com/HariSekhon/DevOps-Bash-tools
#
# License: see accompanying Hari Sekhon LICENSE file
#
# If you're using my code you're welcome to connect with me on LinkedIn and optionally send me feedback to help steer this or other code I publish
#
# https://www.linkedin.com/in/HariSekhon
#
# Returns the name and title of the current foreground app
#
# Borrowed from:
#
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5292204/macosx-get-foremost-window-title
#
# Tested on macOS 10.7 and 11.7
global frontApp, frontAppName, windowTitle
set windowTitle to ""
tell application "System Events"
set frontApp to first application process whose frontmost is true
set frontAppName to name of frontApp
tell process frontAppName
tell (1st window whose value of attribute "AXMain" is true)
set windowTitle to value of attribute "AXTitle"
end tell
end tell
end tell
return {frontAppName, windowTitle}