Added close-program.ps1 and close-windows-terminal.ps1

README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ The following PowerShell scripts can be found in the [Scripts/](Scripts/) subfol
 * [check-mac-address.ps1](Scripts/check-mac-address.ps1) - checks the given MAC address for validity
 * [check-xml-file.ps1](Scripts/check-xml-file.ps1) - checks the given XML file for validity
 * [clone-repos.ps1](Scripts/clone-repos.ps1) - clones well-known Git repositories
+* [close-program.ps1](Scripts/close-program.ps1) - closes the given program gracefully
+* [close-windows-terminal.ps1](Scripts/close-windows-terminal.ps1) - closes Windows Terminal gracefully
 * [configure-git.ps1](Scripts/configure-git.ps1) - sets up the Git configuration
 * [csv-to-text.ps1](Scripts/csv-to-text.ps1) - converts the given CSV file into a text list
 * [display-time.ps1](Scripts/display-time.ps1) - displays the current time

Scripts/close-program.ps1

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+#!/snap/bin/powershell
+
+# Syntax:       ./close-program.ps1 [<program-name>]
+# Description:	closes the given program gracefully
+# Author:	Markus Fleschutz
+# Source:	github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
+# License:	CC0
+
+param([string]$ProgramName)
+
+try {
+	if ($ProgramName -eq "" ) {
+		Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.mainWindowTitle} | Format-Table Id, Name, mainWindowtitle -AutoSize
+		$ProgramName = read-host "Enter program to close"
+	}
+	$List = Get-Process -name $ProgramName -erroraction 'silentlycontinue'
+	$NumProc = 0
+	$List | Foreach-Object { $NumProc++; $_.CloseMainWindow() | Out-Null } | stop-process -force
+	if ($NumProc -eq 0) {
+		write-error "ERROR: No processes for program '$ProgramName' found"
+		exit 1
+	} else {
+		write-output "Done - $NumProc processes stopped."
+		exit 0
+	}
+} catch {
+	write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
+}

Scripts/close-windows-terminal.ps1

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+#!/snap/bin/powershell
+
+# Syntax:       ./close-windows-terminal.ps1 
+# Description:	closes the Windows Terminal program gracefully
+# Author:	Markus Fleschutz
+# Source:	github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
+# License:	CC0
+
+close-program.ps1 "WindowsTerminal"
+#try {
+#	exit 0
+#} catch {
+#	write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+#	exit 1
+#}