close all the instances of google chrome except first

Question

I can close google chrome with following bash command:

kill -9 $(ps -x | grep "Google Chrome" | awk "{print $1}")

It closes all instances of google chrome. But I need command that close all the instances of google chrome except first, because music is playing there and I don't want to stop it.

I use word instance to express new google chrome window which opens after I press super N.

Answer 1

To close all windows except the frontmost window, run:

osascript -e 'tell app "Google Chrome" to close (windows 2 thru -1)'

To close all windows except the window opened first, run a script like this in AppleScript Editor:

tell application "Google Chrome"
    if number of windows < 2 then return
    set min to id of window 1
    repeat with w in windows 2 thru -1
        if id of w < min then set min to id of w
    end repeat
    close (windows where id is not min)
end tell

"Instances" are usually called windows in OS X, and windows are not separate instances of a process like the instances opened by open -n.

Answer 2

I arrived here trying to work out how to close all chrome instances from terminal on macOS. Here's what worked for me:

pkill -9 "Google Chrome"

Answer 3

you need set the number 100 as the count you need ( total app instance - 1 )

repeat 100 times
    -- get list of open apps
    tell application "System Events"
    set allApps to displayed name of (every process) as list
    end tell

    -- leave some apps open 
    set exclusions to {"Google Chrome"}

    -- quit each app
    repeat with thisApp in allApps
    set thisApp to thisApp as text
    if thisApp is in exclusions then
        tell application thisApp to quit
    end if
    end repeat
end repeat

in task.scpt

usage in terminal:

osascript /Users/task.scpt