Shortcut to open specific catalog?

Hi All,
Apologies, in advance, if this has been asked and answered already.
I would like to be able to create multiple shortcuts to launch Lightroom on OS X. The difference between each would be the catalog that is opened. For example, I have a default catalog for my RAW files and another catalog for JPGs out of a point-and-shoot. Currently, I have Lightroom prompt me for the catalog when I launch it, but it would be much smoother if I could just have separate shortcuts for each catalog.
It doesn't appear that Lightroom has any command line interface at all, so is there another way to accomplish this?
Thanks,
-A

J McWilliams wrote:
Another thing that might be useful is you can rename one (or all) of your catalogs, and if you conform the prefix of the Previews folder, you won't be recreating said file. That way, when you hover in the Dock, for example, you'll have a distinctive name.
I'm not sure what you mean. I am using two catalogs and hav enamed them RAW. . . and JPEG. . . so hovering over the catalog file let's me see which is which should the full file name not be visible. Did you mean something else?
One annoyance about this shortcut-to-catalog method is that OS X will not let me put an alias/shortcut to a file on the left (applications) side of the dock. That is why a shortcut to the actually application file with, for example, a command line switch to specify a catalog would closer to seamless.
-A

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