Even the "friendliest" kill- command will close the terminal without asking. Also man gnome-terminal does not give any solution to close the window like in the GUI.
You can however make a script raise (all) gnome-terminal windows and simulate Ctrl+Shift+Q.
A complexity is that this will not work when the windows are spread over different workspaces. The script below therefore looks up the gnome-terminal windows on the current workspace and takes care of them as explained above.
The script
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import subprocess
import time
def get_res():
# get resolution
xr = subprocess.check_output(["xrandr"]).decode("utf-8").split()
pos = xr.index("current")
return [int(xr[pos+1]), int(xr[pos+3].replace(",", "") )]
try:
pid = subprocess.check_output(["pidof", "gnome-terminal"]).decode("utf-8").strip()
except:
pass
else:
res = get_res()
ws = subprocess.check_output(["wmctrl", "-lpG"]).decode("utf-8").splitlines()
for t in [w for w in ws if pid in w]:
window = t.split()
if all([0 < int(window[3]) < res[0], 0 < int(window[4]) < res[1]]) :
w_id = window[0]
subprocess.Popen(["wmctrl", "-ia", w_id])
subprocess.call(["xdotool", "key", "Ctrl+Shift+Q"])
time.sleep(0.2)
How to use
The script needs both wmctrl and xdotool
sudo apt-get install xdotool
sudo apt-get install wmctrl
Copy the script into an empty file, save it as close_allterminals.py.
Test-run it by the command:
python3 /path/to/close_allterminals.py
Example: four gnome-terminal windows opened, in the top-left one is a process running:
After running the command, three are closed automatically, the one with the running process gets a prompt:
If all works as you like, add it to a shortcut key combination:
choose System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts. Click the "+" and add the command:
python3 /path/to/close_allterminals.py
Edit
The version below also takes care of gnome-terminal windows on other workspace: all windows are moved to the current workspace before they are closed in a safe way.
An example:
I have in total six gnome-terminal windows open on four different workspaces, many of them have processes running in it:
If I run the script, all gnome-terminal windows are orderly moved to the current workspace and raised. Idle windows are closed automatically, the ones with a running process are prompted:
The script
Set it up like the first version.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import subprocess
import time
def get_res():
# get resolution
xr = subprocess.check_output(["xrandr"]).decode("utf-8").split()
pos = xr.index("current")
return [int(xr[pos+1]), int(xr[pos+3].replace(",", "") )]
try:
pid = subprocess.check_output(["pidof", "gnome-terminal"]).decode("utf-8").strip()
except:
pass
else:
res = get_res()
ws = subprocess.check_output(["wmctrl", "-lpG"]).decode("utf-8").splitlines()
matches = [t.split() for t in [w for w in ws if pid in w]]
pos = 100
for match in matches:
w_id = match[0]
subprocess.call(["xdotool", "windowmove", "--sync", match[0], str(pos), str(pos/2) ])
subprocess.call(["wmctrl", "-ia", w_id])
subprocess.call(["xdotool", "key", "Ctrl+Shift+Q"])
pos = pos+100
Best Answer
The easiest solution for a program that is not responding would be:
and if this doesn't work
and if this still doesn't work, reboot, nothing else will.
For other killall options, see this article on Wikipedia: Link