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Launch Terminal and close window when finished using AppleScript
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terminal.scpt
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script "sudo say --rate=140 \"Intergalactic Planetary\" && kill -9 $$"
delay 5
repeat
try
do shell script "ps a | grep -v grep | grep 'sudo say --rate=140 Intergalactic Planetary'"
delay 0.5
on error
exit repeat
end try
end repeat
close front window
end tell
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There is a some weirdness with how the ps command strips out quotes. IIRC, AppleScript like to "think different" when it comes to quotes as well. Use at your own risk 🤷‍♂️

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