Restart App AppleScript

Restart App.applescript

(* 
 * Restart App - v1.0 - 5/19/2010
 * http://benalman.com/
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2010 "Cowboy" Ben Alman
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.
 * http://benalman.com/about/license/
 *)

-- Usage:
--
-- To quit and restart "FooBar.app" just save this AppleScript as an
-- Application Bundle named "Restart FooBar.app" and run it. Make as many
-- copies as you want, just change the name as needed. This is especially
-- useful for managing misbehaving background or menubar apps.

tell application "Finder"
  set appName to name of file (path to me) as text
  set appName to quoted form of appName
  set appName to do shell script "echo " & appName & " | sed 's/Restart \\(.*\\)\\.app/\\1/'"
end tell

do shell script "kill $(ps -e -o pid,command | grep " & appName & " | sed -E 's/^ *([0-9]+).*$/\\1/;q'); exit 0"
do shell script "open -a " & appName & ".app"