Quit specific GUI application showing “save the changes” dialogue box
ps aux | grep -i office | awk {'print $2'} | xargs kill
I can use the above command to kill LibreOffice but it will abruptly kill the process. But I wish to do it the same way it happens when I shut down the system. So it asks me if I wish to save any changes before closing the dialogue box.
Edit:
I am building a tool in which I need to kill other processes running. So I wanted to know how to give a chance of closing gracefully to these applications.
command-line kill
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ps aux | grep -i office | awk {'print $2'} | xargs kill
I can use the above command to kill LibreOffice but it will abruptly kill the process. But I wish to do it the same way it happens when I shut down the system. So it asks me if I wish to save any changes before closing the dialogue box.
Edit:
I am building a tool in which I need to kill other processes running. So I wanted to know how to give a chance of closing gracefully to these applications.
command-line kill
edited Jan 2 at 20:05
Pablo Bianchi
2,5751532
asked Jan 2 at 11:22
ShrayShray
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wmctrl -c is the way to -really- close a window gracecully.
– Jacob Vlijm
Jan 2 at 12:09
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ps aux | grep -i office | awk {'print $2'} | xargs kill
I can use the above command to kill LibreOffice but it will abruptly kill the process. But I wish to do it the same way it happens when I shut down the system. So it asks me if I wish to save any changes before closing the dialogue box.
Edit:
I am building a tool in which I need to kill other processes running. So I wanted to know how to give a chance of closing gracefully to these applications.
command-line kill
edited Jan 2 at 20:05
Pablo Bianchi
2,5751532
asked Jan 2 at 11:22
ShrayShray
163
ps aux | grep -i office | awk {'print $2'} | xargs kill
I can use the above command to kill LibreOffice but it will abruptly kill the process. But I wish to do it the same way it happens when I shut down the system. So it asks me if I wish to save any changes before closing the dialogue box.
Edit:
I am building a tool in which I need to kill other processes running. So I wanted to know how to give a chance of closing gracefully to these applications.
command-line kill
command-line kill
edited Jan 2 at 20:05
Pablo Bianchi
2,5751532
asked Jan 2 at 11:22
ShrayShray
163
edited Jan 2 at 20:05
Pablo Bianchi
2,5751532
asked Jan 2 at 11:22
ShrayShray
163
edited Jan 2 at 20:05
Pablo Bianchi
2,5751532
edited Jan 2 at 20:05
Pablo Bianchi
2,5751532
edited Jan 2 at 20:05
Pablo Bianchi
2,5751532
2,5751532
asked Jan 2 at 11:22
ShrayShray
163
asked Jan 2 at 11:22
ShrayShray
163
asked Jan 2 at 11:22
ShrayShray
163
163
1
wmctrl -c is the way to -really- close a window gracecully.
– Jacob Vlijm
Jan 2 at 12:09
add a comment |
1
wmctrl -c is the way to -really- close a window gracecully.
– Jacob Vlijm
Jan 2 at 12:09
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1
wmctrl -c is the way to -really- close a window gracecully.
– Jacob Vlijm
Jan 2 at 12:09
wmctrl -c is the way to -really- close a window gracecully.
– Jacob Vlijm
Jan 2 at 12:09
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Any of the POSIX signals you can send will close the application immediately.
You can use wmctrl:
wmctrl -c LibreOffice
Use -F to search strictly.
Notes
- Very similar to How can I kill a specific X window
- You can also try with
xdottool
- To kill a specific window you can list them
wmctrl -land then close it withwmctrl -ic ID.
Warn: If the process is stuck it may not notice that you closed the window. The window will be gone, but the process will still be there and possibly consume CPU and RAM.
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Any of the POSIX signals you can send will close the application immediately.
You can use wmctrl:
wmctrl -c LibreOffice
Use -F to search strictly.
Notes
- Very similar to How can I kill a specific X window
- You can also try with
xdottool
- To kill a specific window you can list them
wmctrl -land then close it withwmctrl -ic ID.
Warn: If the process is stuck it may not notice that you closed the window. The window will be gone, but the process will still be there and possibly consume CPU and RAM.
answered Jan 2 at 20:03
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Any of the POSIX signals you can send will close the application immediately.
You can use wmctrl:
wmctrl -c LibreOffice
Use -F to search strictly.
Notes
- Very similar to How can I kill a specific X window
- You can also try with
xdottool
- To kill a specific window you can list them
wmctrl -land then close it withwmctrl -ic ID.
Warn: If the process is stuck it may not notice that you closed the window. The window will be gone, but the process will still be there and possibly consume CPU and RAM.
answered Jan 2 at 20:03
Pablo BianchiPablo Bianchi
2,5751532
add a comment |
Any of the POSIX signals you can send will close the application immediately.
You can use wmctrl:
wmctrl -c LibreOffice
Use -F to search strictly.
Notes
- Very similar to How can I kill a specific X window
- You can also try with
xdottool
- To kill a specific window you can list them
wmctrl -land then close it withwmctrl -ic ID.
Warn: If the process is stuck it may not notice that you closed the window. The window will be gone, but the process will still be there and possibly consume CPU and RAM.
answered Jan 2 at 20:03
Pablo BianchiPablo Bianchi
2,5751532
Any of the POSIX signals you can send will close the application immediately.
You can use wmctrl:
wmctrl -c LibreOffice
Use -F to search strictly.
Notes
- Very similar to How can I kill a specific X window
- You can also try with
xdottool
- To kill a specific window you can list them
wmctrl -land then close it withwmctrl -ic ID.
Warn: If the process is stuck it may not notice that you closed the window. The window will be gone, but the process will still be there and possibly consume CPU and RAM.
answered Jan 2 at 20:03
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wmctrl -c is the way to -really- close a window gracecully.
– Jacob Vlijm
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