Close gnome-terminal with specific title from another script/shell command

Question

I need to close a specific gnome-terminal window having a unique name from any other bash/shell script.

Eg:

$] gnome-terminal --title "myWindow123" -x "watch ls /tmp"

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...

gnome-terminal opened in the name "myWindow123"

All I need is to kill that terminal from my script. Is there expect kind of script support in bash also?

Answer 1

As a contestant for the ugliest hack of the day:

sh$ TERMPID=$(ps -ef |
              grep gnome-terminal | grep myWindow123 |
              head -1 | awk '{ print $2 }')
sh$ kill $TERMPID

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A probably better alternative would be to record the PID of the terminal at launch time, and then kill by that pid:

sh$ gnome-terminal --title "myWindow123" -x "watch ls /tmp"
sh$ echo $! > /path/to/my.term.pid

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...
# Later, in a terminal far, far away
sh$ kill `cat /path/to/my.term.pid`