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Get the PID of the frontmost app on Mac OS X
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front_app_pid.m
#import <AppKit/AppKit.h>
NSRunningApplication* frontApp = [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] frontmostApplication];
pid_t pid = [frontApp processIdentifier];
// fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld", (long)pid] UTF8String]);
// fflush(stdout);
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