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Force Quit All Apps- Script?

  • October 29, 2015
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Looking for a script to force quit all user apps. We are seeing some issues with some apps being open when they get an update causing issues.

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    • thoule
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    • October 29, 2015

    I use this code. It's killing only things in /Applications so modify as necessary.

    #!/bin/sh

    Force quit all non-essential applications

    declare -a killPIDs killPIDs=$(ps axww -o pid,command | grep -v bash | grep [A]pplications/ | grep -v /bin/sh | grep -v [C]asper | grep -v [J]amf | grep -v [S]elf Service | grep -v [M]cAfee | grep -v [V]ZAccess* | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}')

    Kill said processes.

    for i in ${killPIDs[@]} do echo "Killing PID $i" kill -9 $i done exit 0
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    • tkimpton
    • Honored Contributor
    • August 4, 2021

    I use this code. It's killing only things in /Applications so modify as necessary.

    #!/bin/sh

    Force quit all non-essential applications

    declare -a killPIDs killPIDs=$(ps axww -o pid,command | grep -v bash | grep [A]pplications/ | grep -v /bin/sh | grep -v [C]asper | grep -v [J]amf | grep -v [S]elf Service | grep -v [M]cAfee | grep -v [V]ZAccess* | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}')

    Kill said processes.

    for i in ${killPIDs[@]} do echo "Killing PID $i" kill -9 $i done exit 0

    This script doesnt seem to work. Please can you have a look @thoule 

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