Simple script that starts and stops GlobalProtect.app on Mac OSX.

global-protect.sh

#!/bin/bash

gpstart()
{
   echo "Starting GlobalProtect..."
   launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangpa.plist
   launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangps.plist
}

gpstop()
{
   echo "Stopping GlobalProtect..."
   launchctl remove com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangps
   launchctl remove com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangpa
}

case $# in
   0)
      echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
      exit 1
      ;;
   1)
      case $1 in
         start)
            gpstart
            echo "Done!"
            ;;
         stop)
            gpstop
            echo "Done!"
            ;;
         restart)
            gpstop
            sleep 0.5
            gpstart
            echo "Done!"
            ;;
         *)
            echo "'$1' is not a valid verb."
            echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
            exit 2
            ;;
      esac
      ;;
   *)
      echo "Too many args provided ($#)."
      echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
      exit 3
      ;;
esac