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What Is the Mac OS X Terminal Command to Log Out the Current User?

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I would like to run something like "sleep 3600; logout", but the logout bash command only closes the current terminal. How do I close the full Mac OS X session?

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The following Applescript will logout the current user: You can wrap this up in a bash alias using the command: It is the same as clicking " > Log out [username]...", and will logout after a 2 minute wait This is easily combined with the command: .…

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