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#!/bin/bash
# geoff repoli
# customize this variable with relatively unique + identifiable string that matches the process(es)
# you want to terminate. not case-sensitive. for example:
# for all microsoft applications + background services: application="microsoft"
# for microsoft outlook: application="outlook" OR application="microsoft outlook"
application="your string goes here"
# get pids of any running microsoft processes
running_pid=$(pgrep -i "$application" 2>/dev/null)
# script only runs if processes are found
if [[ $running_pid ]]; then
# get the actual name of the process to display to the user
running_proc=$(ps -o comm= -p $running_pid | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}')
# creates an applescript dialog prompt telling the user which microsoft processes are running, and prompting them to click "OK" to allow the script to quit those apps
osascript <<-EOT
tell app "System Events"
set asWindow to display dialog "The following applications are running and must be closed before continuing:\n\n${running_proc}\n\nEnsure you have no unsaved work, then press OK to continue." with icon 0 buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button 2
set asButton to button returned of asWindow
if asButton is "OK" then
do shell script "pkill -9 -f -i '$application'"
else
return
end if
end tell
EOT
fi
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