Quit for Mac

That was a brilliant utility thanks to the developers. Just to get more of it, I would like to have following fixed for closing office files when there is a save as window shown and also a dialog displayed. FYI... The above were part of my OSX automation requirements. (: Thanks a lot.

This is a great CLI utility. It should be included in Darwin by default. Thank you to the developers for something useful and free. Cheers from Spain,

Like it :) What about 'quit all'?

Thank you, Jon. Apple should have included this in Mac OS X. The 'open' command has been in since NeXTSTEP. Why not 'quit'? Anyhow, I added an option '-f' which says to *not* print an error message if the requested app is not running. Following is the 'diff' output which shows the difference between Jon's original and mine. Users can add this option to the script using the 'patch' command on their Mac. Basic tutorial: http://www.linuxtutorialblog.com/post/introduction-using-diff-and-patch-tutorial Intermediate tutorial: http://www.linuxtutorialblog.com/post/introduction-using-diff-and-patch-tutorial Here's the patch text, created by diff. I hope that MacUpdate's system doesn't munge it up. 22a23,25 > # > # This is Jon's version 1.3, with the -f option added by > # Jerry Krinock, 20110325 27c30 < echo "Usage: `basename "$0"` [-a] [-p] [-s|n] " --- > echo "Usage: `basename "$0"` [-a] [-p] [-s|n] [-f] " 44a48 > echo " -f Do not print an error message if app is not running" 166c170,171 < while getopts "apns" opt --- > ignoreNotRunning="false" > while getopts "apnsf" opt 172a178 > f) ignoreNotRunning="true" ;; 206c212,215 < echo "No running application matches \"$arg\"" --- > if [[ $ignoreNotRunning == "false" ]] > then > echo "No running application matches \"$arg\"" > fi

The script allows you to quit a GUI application remotely while optionally saving unsaved changes in open documents. While this sounds like a good idea, it should be used with caution. Over an SSH connection, you have no way of knowing the state of the document you're saving. Maybe, since you left the computer, your cat or your three-year-old has filled the document buffer with gibberish, which you're now going to save in place of the original. A better plan would be never to leave open documents unsaved when getting up from the computer. Then you won't need this script. If you must quit an application remotely and you think it has unsaved changes, use Screen Sharing to view the document before saving it.