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launchctl
# dump all the launchd services
launchctl print gui/$UID
# dump details of the service
launchctl print gui/$UID/com.blakegarner.vault
# stop service and unload from launchd
launchctl bootout gui/$UID/com.blakegarner.vault
# start the servcie and load plist from disk
launchctl bootstrap gui/$UID ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.blakegarner.vault.plist
# disable service leaving process running
launchctl disable gui/$UID/com.blakegarner.vault
# enable service
launchctl enable gui/$UID/com.blakegarner.vault
# kill and then start the service outputting the pid
launchctl kickstart -kp gui/$UID/com.blakegarner.vault
# just kill the service process. Service state ends up funky
launchctl kill 9 gui/$UID/com.blakegarner.vault
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