Terminal command to kill Safari












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I need the terminal command to quit Safari including its tabs. When I use killall "Safari", reopening the Safari retains all the previously opened tabs. This happens only when I close the browser using terminal command. How to fix this?










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    I need the terminal command to quit Safari including its tabs. When I use killall "Safari", reopening the Safari retains all the previously opened tabs. This happens only when I close the browser using terminal command. How to fix this?










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      I need the terminal command to quit Safari including its tabs. When I use killall "Safari", reopening the Safari retains all the previously opened tabs. This happens only when I close the browser using terminal command. How to fix this?










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      I need the terminal command to quit Safari including its tabs. When I use killall "Safari", reopening the Safari retains all the previously opened tabs. This happens only when I close the browser using terminal command. How to fix this?







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          First of all these types of questions should be posted at SuperUser not StackOverflow.



          The “Quit” operation in MacOS is not a signal; it is an Apple Event.
          You can send "Quit" event with AppleScript like this:



          osascript -e "tell application "Safari" to quit"





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          • This works fine for Safari. Thank you.

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          The “Quit” operation in MacOS is not a signal; it is an Apple Event.
          You can send "Quit" event with AppleScript like this:



          osascript -e "tell application "Safari" to quit"





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          • This works fine for Safari. Thank you.

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          First of all these types of questions should be posted at SuperUser not StackOverflow.



          The “Quit” operation in MacOS is not a signal; it is an Apple Event.
          You can send "Quit" event with AppleScript like this:



          osascript -e "tell application "Safari" to quit"





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          • This works fine for Safari. Thank you.

            – Rakshu27
            Nov 21 '18 at 12:08














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          First of all these types of questions should be posted at SuperUser not StackOverflow.



          The “Quit” operation in MacOS is not a signal; it is an Apple Event.
          You can send "Quit" event with AppleScript like this:



          osascript -e "tell application "Safari" to quit"





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          First of all these types of questions should be posted at SuperUser not StackOverflow.



          The “Quit” operation in MacOS is not a signal; it is an Apple Event.
          You can send "Quit" event with AppleScript like this:



          osascript -e "tell application "Safari" to quit"






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          This works fine for Safari. Thank you.

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          This works fine for Safari. Thank you.

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