DockutilAddRemoveArrays.sh

#!/bin/bash

## This allows you to specify lists of items to remove and add in arrays, and then they'll be done in bulk using a for loop
## Items to remove should be the label (usually the name of the application)
## Items to add are the full path to the item to add (usually /Applications/NAMEOFAPP.app)
## A few examples are prepopulated in the arrays, but feel free to tweak as suits the needs of your organization

itemsToRemove=(
   "App Store"
   "System Preferences"
)

itemsToAdd=(
   "/Applications/TextWrangler.app"
   "/Applications/Firefox.app"
)

for removalItem in "${itemsToRemove[@]}"
   do
      # Check that the item is actually in the Dock
      inDock=$(/usr/local/bin/dockutil --list | /usr/bin/grep "$removalItem")
      if [ ! -z "$inDock" ]; then
         /usr/local/bin/dockutil --remove "$removalItem" --no-restart
      fi
   done


for additionItem in "${itemsToAdd[@]}"
   do
      # Check that the item actually exists to be added to the Dock and that it isn't already in the Dock
      # Stripping path and extension code based on code from http://stackoverflow.com/a/2664746
      additionItemString=${additionItem##*/}
      additionItemBasename=${additionItemString%.*}
      inDock=$(/usr/local/bin/dockutil --list | /usr/bin/grep "additionItemBasename")
      if [ -e "$additionItem" ] && [ -z "$inDock" ]; then
            /usr/local/bin/dockutil --add "$additionItem" --no-restart
      fi
   done

/usr/bin/killall Dock