nikcorg/tabkill.sh

Created June 14, 2014 22:22

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Kill all Chrome tabs (except apps)

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	tabkill () {
	ps ux \| \
	grep '[C]hrome Helper --type=renderer' \| \
	grep -vi "Canary" \| \
	grep -v extension-process \| \
	tr -s ' ' \| \
	cut -d ' ' -f2 \| \
	xargs kill
	}

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nikcorg commented Jun 16, 2014

If you're like me, you have way too many tabs and windows open in your browser. Source or copy-paste this small function to your .bashrc and say tabkill in your console to free up some memory, while still not losing your tabs.

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