This is a tiny shell script for killing ae on mac
It is the result of a sunday morning mini idea after seeing this quicktip by Joe Lilli

##Usage:
# kill AE CS 6 just type killae.sh 6
# kill AE CS 5.5 just type killae.sh 5.5
# kill AE CS 5 just type killae.sh 5

##Installation:

open terminal and type:

cd /usr/local/bin

than

vi killae.sh  

you are in the vi editor

• now hit "i" once for the insert mode
• and copy paste the script into it.
• Than hit "ESC"
• followed by holding "SHIFT" and hitting "z" two time.

(Yes this is a wired editor. but useful).

Now type in the terminal again

chmod +x killae.sh  

now your shell scipt is executable.
Make sure the path /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH variable in your .bash_profile. If you don't have a .bash_profile or don't know what it is don't worry. Type in your terminal.

vi ~/.bash_profile  

• now hit "i" once for the insert mode
• and copy paste the 3 lines below into it.
• Than hit "ESC"
• followed by holding "SHIFT" and hitting "z" two time.

btw if you dont go into insert mode you can hit ":q" and "enter" to leave vi.

# general path munging  
PATH=${PATH}:~/bin  
PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/bin  

##killallae.sh

This is nearly the same as killae.sh but you don't have to provide a AE version number. It just kills the last started process called Adobe After Effects CS* This script needs still some work but still thanks @stevennikolic

##Windows
On windows you can use taskkill and tasklist for that. Have a lokk here.

##License:

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                   Version 2, December 2004
  
Copyright (C) 2013 Fabian "fabiantheblind" Morón Zirfas <[email protected]>
   
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as the name is changed.  
  
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