Terminal command to open & close programs?

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  1. yeeehaw, Jun 29, 2012

    yeeehaw macrumors newbie

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    I need a terminal command to open a program, wait about 10 seconds, and then close it, and keep doing that on a loop. Is there any way to do that? Thanks!
     
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  2. sero, Jun 30, 2012

    sero macrumors member

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    Sounds like you are looking for an infinite loop

    Code:
    #!/bin/bash

APP="/path/to/app"
while [[ $$ ]]; do
   open "$APP"
   sleep 10
   KPID=$(ps -e|grep "$APP"|grep -v "grep"|awk '{print $1}')
   kill "$KPID"
done
     
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  3. yeeehaw, Jun 30, 2012

    yeeehaw thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Thanks for the reply, I tried it but it said the app didn't exist, maybe I didn't plug the directory in correctly.
    What would that command be if the app is called "Notepad" and it's on the desktop?
     
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  4. subsonix, Jun 30, 2012
    Last edited: Jun 30, 2012

    subsonix macrumors 68040

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    Is this a regular app and app bundle? If so you can try:

    Code:
    APP="~/desktop/notepad.app"
    If it isn't just skip the .app extension.
     
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