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Applescript/Terminal: Get PIDs of processes starting with...

Hello,


Is there a way to return all the PIDs of processes starting with "Myapp_action_download" in a neat array in Applescript, so I can kill them using Terminal?


Something like this:


set openapps to {}

set openapps to (do shell script "the shell script which I don't know")

--This script gets all the PIDs of processes starting with "Myapp_action_download", and returns them in a neat array

set appcount to 0


repeat (count of items of openapps)

set appcount to appcount + 1

do shell script ("kill -9 " & (item appcount of openapps) as text)

end repeat


Kind regards,


Isaiah

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Apr 24, 2013 7:19 AM

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Frank Caggiano
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Posted on Apr 24, 2013 8:25 AM

try


tell application "System Events"

set procesList to the name of every process whose name contains "Myapp_action_download"

end tell




tell application "System Events"

set {procesList, pidList} to the {name, unix id} of (every process whose name contains "Myapp_action_download")

end tell

You'll have two lists one with the process name and one with the pid's. They will be in a one-to-one relationship. That is the first entry in the processList will correspond to the first entry in the pidList.


However if the apps aren't hung or in a weird state you should be able to just tell the process to quit without resorting to killing them.



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Apr 24, 2013 8:25 AM in response to IsaiahvanHunen

try


tell application "System Events"

set procesList to the name of every process whose name contains "Myapp_action_download"

end tell




tell application "System Events"

set {procesList, pidList} to the {name, unix id} of (every process whose name contains "Myapp_action_download")

end tell

You'll have two lists one with the process name and one with the pid's. They will be in a one-to-one relationship. That is the first entry in the processList will correspond to the first entry in the pidList.


However if the apps aren't hung or in a weird state you should be able to just tell the process to quit without resorting to killing them.



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Apr 24, 2013 8:54 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

Frank Caggiano wrote:


...However if the apps aren't hung or in a weird state you should be able to just tell the process to quit without resorting to killing them.

I know, but I want to quit/cancel my app (applescript) while doing an action.

I can't do it while it's performing an action, as applescript can't handle multiple actions at the same time (right?).

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Frank Caggiano
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Apr 24, 2013 9:04 AM in response to IsaiahvanHunen

To be honest I'm having trouble understanding your last post. Yes AppleScript will block wainting for things in some cases but not sure about the quit/cancle part and what you were getting at.


But in any case the script I posted will give you the pid which you can use to terminate the process with a shell command.


regards

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