Let Us Open Url's in a Specific Browser Profile
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This will give much more control to the user compared to fixed "profile" setting - the script can check working directory, or URL, or calling process, or anything else you can think about!
And that file is a shell (or python) script that runs whatever you need - for example that "open" command with profile argument. Or for a more complex setup, it can check the URL and use different profile depending on URL.