How to get Alfred to run a terminal command and open one app twice?

Solution 1:

I don't see a feature in Alfred that looks like it will enable that directly (though I might have missed it).

You can:

  1. open Automator
  2. create a new application
  3. add the "Run Shell Script" action
  4. paste in your command
  5. Select "Save..." from the file menu
  6. name it vlcnew.app

Now Alfred should find that app if you type vlcnew.

Solution 2:

If you have the PowerPack, you can create a workflow.

Workflows can run bash scripts in terminal, post notifications etc..

Alfred workflow window