Mac – How to close files through terminal

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My computer is Mac. I want to know how to close files like pdfs, images, applications through terminal. Sometimes, I open so many pdfs images and applications, I want to use terminal to close them. Thanks

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You can close documents through terminal by killing the process displaying it. Use the ps command to find the process, then use the kill command to terminate it.

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You can use smbtree to list all shares. You can then use mount to mount the share and cd to navigate into it. Note that you need to create the folder you want to mount the share onto. (Alternatively you can mount the share using finder and just navigate to it via cd. They are mounted in /Volumes).

Here's an example of mounting a share, listing its contents and unmounting it again.

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Try using

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