Kill List: Is This A Bad Idea?

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#1

I was trying to think of a quick way to kill certain background/Menu Bar apps that don't appear in the Application Switcher and came up with this. It allows me to select multiple apps and have them quit upon hitting :leftwards_arrow_with_hook:. Is there a better way to do it? Is this a bad idea for some reason I've overlooked?

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#2

That's cool. I like it.

#3

Hey Neil,

That should be pretty safe – by default killall sends a sigterm signal:

SIGTERM (15) – Termination signal. It is the default and safest way to kill process.

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/kill-process-in-linux-or-terminate-a-process-in-unix-or-linux-systems/

That's very similar to manually quitting an app.

-Chris

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