App clearer, origin: https://github.com/sunknudsen/privacy-guides/tree/master/how-to-clean-uninstall-macos-apps-using-appcleaner-open-source-alternative

app-cleaner.sh

#! /bin/bash

# Origin: https://github.com/sunknudsen/privacy-guides/tree/master/how-to-clean-uninstall-macos-apps-using-appcleaner-open-source-alternative


if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then

  printf "%s\n" "Usage: app-cleaner.sh /path/to/app.app"

  exit 0

fi



IFS=$'\n'



red=$(tput setaf 1)

normal=$(tput sgr0)



if [ ! -e "$1/Contents/Info.plist" ]; then

  printf "%s\n" "Cannot find app plist"

  exit 1

fi



bundle_identifier=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print CFBundleIdentifier" "$1/Contents/Info.plist" 2> /dev/null)



if [ "$bundle_identifier" = "" ]; then

  printf "%s\n" "Cannot find app bundle identifier"

  exit 1

fi



printf "%s\n" "Checking for running processes…"

sleep 1



app_name=$(basename $1 .app)



processes=($(pgrep -afil "$app_name" | grep -v "app-cleaner.sh"))



if [ ${#processes[@]} -gt 0 ]; then

  printf "%s\n" "${processes[@]}"

  printf "$red%s$normal" "Kill running processes (y or n)? "

  read -r answer

  if [ "$answer" = "y" ]; then

    printf "%s\n" "Killing running processes…"

    sleep 1

    for process in "${processes[@]}"; do

      echo $process | awk '{print $1}' | xargs sudo kill 2>&1 | grep -v "No such process"

    done

  fi

fi



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