Bash script to start and/or stop Apache Tomcat on MacOS. Place these files in "/usr/local/bin" and mark each executable using "chmod +x filename".

tomcat_start

#Start tomcat
/Library/Tomcat/bin/startup.sh &>/dev/null &disown

#print message
printf "\n\nStarting apache tomcat\n"

#sleep for 5 seconds
sleep 5

#Check if tomcat has started (localhost:8080 should succeed)
if curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:8080/
then
        echo "Tomcat is now running"
else
        echo "Tomcat could not be started"
fi

#Add a couple of new lines to neaten up the appearance
printf "\n\n"

tomcat_stop

#Stop tomcat
/Library/Tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh &>/dev/null &disown

#print message
printf "\n\nStopping apache tomcat\n"

#sleep for 5 seconds
sleep 5

#Check if tomcat has stopped (localhost:8080 should return an error)
if curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:8080/
then
        echo "Tomcat could not be stopped"
else
        echo "Tomcat is no longer running"
fi

#Add a couple of new lines to neaten up the appearance
printf "\n\n"