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Too bad there isn\'t a \"close\" command, I keep having to write shell scripts to kill applications that I can\'t close explicitly from the shell. ## ttscoff — [Aug 09, 2014 05:34 pm](https://my.remarkbox.com/54b8dc37-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501/shell-tricks-the-os-x-open-command-brettterpstra-com#54b8dc3d-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501) The next Shell Tricks post is about this. Spoiler: [http://www.macupdate.com/ap\...](http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/31821/quit "http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/31821/quit"){rel="nofollow" target="_blank"} --- **Source:** [https://my.remarkbox.com/54b8dc3c-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501](https://my.remarkbox.com/54b8dc3c-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501) **Snapshot:** 2026-05-05T03:05:44Z **Generator:** Remarkbox `763cacb`