killall (Finder/Dock)
CautionRestart GUI processes
killall Finder
Finder and Dock auto-respawn after killall — the standard fix for glitches and for flushing cfprefsd.
Examples
killall DockRestart the Dock
Syntax
killall Finder|Dock|SystemUIServer|cfprefsd
Before you run it
Get the process name exactly right.
The same reference, with no signal at all
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