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Is there a way to cause google-chrome to quit, from the terminal, besides using killall google-chrome?
I would like to be able to close it from a script without killing it.

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What is wrong with kill? – Zoredache Mar 13 '12 at 19:26
@Zoredache That it results in different behavior from exiting, and that Chrome uses multiple processes, one of which (the sandbox) is setuid root. – Gilles Mar 13 '12 at 21:50

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Perhaps wmctrl could be of some assistance. You could use the -c option that closes a window gracefully:

wmctrl -c chrome

The string chrome is matched against the window titles. Note that the window might not close if some message pops-up (e.g. when you have multiple tabs open).

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This option works flawless, but it required the installation of wmctrl. – slybloty Mar 14 '12 at 0:06
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try:

kill -3 <pid_of_chrome>

This will send a "QUIT" signal to chrome, which, depending on your window manager, will be what it is usually sent when asked to close.

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This acts just like kill or killall where Chrome sees it as a crash, and asking to restore. – slybloty Mar 13 '12 at 18:54
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try 15 instead of 3, then – blacklemon67 Mar 13 '12 at 19:40
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Actually, SIGQUIT is not usually sent to applications when asked to close (I don't know any WMs that do this). WM_DELETE_WINDOW is the standard. – Chris Down Mar 13 '12 at 20:29
@blacklemon67 kill -15 <pid_of_chrome> did what I was looking for. But, google-chrome has multiple pids and it took a few tried to actually get the right one. – slybloty Mar 14 '12 at 0:26

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