How can I exit Appium(node) correctly for don't restore Appium window on Mac

Question

I launch Appium server on Mac with:

open -a Terminal -n; osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal"
do script "appium -p 5677 -bp 1234"
end tell'

(open new terminal, and start Appium, Appium will open new window, but PID is new terminal's PID.)

and when Appium need to re-open, I'm using the following three steps:

1. kill Appium(node):

   killall node
   

   (I think this step node don't exit correctly, will restore when next time call Appium.)

2. Tell terminal exit:

   osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal"
   do script "exit"
   end tell'
   

3. Kill terminal(close terminal window):

   kill XXXXX (<-PID of second terminal)
   

When I run Appium with:

open -a Terminal -n; osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal"
do script "appium -p 5677 -bp 1234"
end tell'

it launches 2 Appium windows (1 is new window, and 1 is restore by system).

How can I exit Appium(node) correctly for don't restore Appium window?

Thank you for help!

Answer 1

Let's clean your code up:

1.  open -a Terminal -n; osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal"
    do script "appium -p 5677 -bp 1234"
    end tell'
   

   can become:

   Appium -p 5677 -bp 1234 &
   

   
   

2.  killall node
   

   might be better as:

   pkill -i Appium
   

   
   

3.  Tell terminal exit:
    osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal"
    do script "exit"
    end tell'
   

   should just be:

   exit