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Old 06-30-2011
Question Scripting in AppleScript
What I want my script to do is to run a command in Terminal and close that same Terminal window when the process is complete.

Quote:
activate application "Terminal"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "command"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke return
tell application "Terminal"
quit
end tell
Of course I could ad a delay of 6 seconds to complete the process, but it may not be enough every time.


To simplify my question, this is what I want to achieve.

1. Quit Terminal after process completes.
2. Quit "that" Terminal window, not all active Terminal windows.

Any help would be appreciated. Smilie
Thank you

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Mod Comment You posted already in the OS X forum, no need to post it here!
Last edited by Scott; 06-30-2011 at 03:17 PM.. Reason: Closed
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