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Terminal command needed
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Kill? I just need the command to close apps in Terminal. Also anyone know the command to open new tabs in Safari?
You mean like in GUI programs?
For many apps, this will work (and it's the nicest way, because it will be an orderly exit):
$ osascript -e 'tell app "Super EDLIN Pro" to quit'
If not, you can try:
$ killall "Super EDLIN Pro"
And if that doesn't do it to it (really hung),
$ killall -9 "Super EDLIN Pro"
For many apps, this will work (and it's the nicest way, because it will be an orderly exit):
$ osascript -e 'tell app "Super EDLIN Pro" to quit'
If not, you can try:
$ killall "Super EDLIN Pro"
And if that doesn't do it to it (really hung),
$ killall -9 "Super EDLIN Pro"
Anyone know the command to close apps in Terminal? Thanks for any and all help!
It's often Control-C to quit a program running inside Terminal. As TheLee mentioned, the 'kill' command can be used to kill any process running on the system, but you need to know the process ID (or PID) of the process you wish to kill first. You can find this out using the 'ps' or 'top' commands, or the Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder.
In fact, the Activity Monitor can be used to kill processes specifically by their process ID just like 'kill' can. This may be easier for you if you're not experienced with the Terminal or UNIX commands, although using the Force Quit option from the Apple menu might be safer and easier again.
Type 'man kill' at the Terminal (without the quotes) for more information on how the kill command works.
Yes for commanding GUI programs in Terminal. Also if im in cd /etc how do i switch back to user? I also tried listing files in cd/ etc with the 1s command and its not working. I just get a -bash.
Just plain old cd without any command switches will move you back to your home directory.
You have the one-vs-lowercase-L problem there. The command is ls, short for "list".
Ahhhhh! You guys are awesome, thanks! Also can you guys recomend a good book or source i can use to learn more Terminal commands in Tiger specifically?
You can, but I'm rarely logged in thereOK thanks! Can i add you to my buddy list on aim?
I do read my email though, my username at gmail.com or mac.com works.
To get back to user, type cd .. it takes you up one directory level. you can keep doing that until you're back at the user.