Script to do the function of pkill in Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7.

• Made in OS : Mac OS X 10.6 (a.k.a Snow Leopard)
• Tested in OS : Mac OS X 10.6, Mac OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
• Language Used : Shell Script (Bash)
• Dependencies : ps, grep, awk, kill
• License : BSD 3-Clause License

The motivation it's simple, I just want kill processes by name in Mac OS X 10.6. The 10.6 and 10.7 version doesn't come with pkill, so you need use homebrew, mac ports or others. Then I saw a way to not need use this methods, purely in shell script.

Please run first verify.bash to see the compatibility of your system with killer.bash.

Put the killer.bash on the /opt or on the folder you choose. Edit your ~/.bash_profile or if doesn't exists just create it.

Just put the bottom line in your ~/.bash_profile and killer.bash is ready for use.

source /opt/killer.bash

killer.bash it's simple to use. Just say the name of the process and be happy.

$ pkill TextEdit