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Is there any way to close a specific tab using an Ubuntu terminal? I have read that Firefox treats all tabs under one process so I have switched over to Chrome for more flexibility since each tab is treated as its own process. I am creating the tabs also in terminal using -xdg and I see they are given a PID when they are created. The problem is when I create a new one or try to kill that PID it is no longer saying that is existent. I have also tried wmctrl -c "Bing" (looks for a specfic window name) and this is not working either. Is there any type of solution where If I have 10 tabs open that I can focus back on a tab with a specific tab name and close the tab that is focused on. I think trying to close using the PID's is a dead end since they are being wiped right after that tab has been opened.






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      Is there any way to close a specific tab using an Ubuntu terminal? I have read that Firefox treats all tabs under one process so I have switched over to Chrome for more flexibility since each tab is treated as its own process. I am creating the tabs also in terminal using -xdg and I see they are given a PID when they are created. The problem is when I create a new one or try to kill that PID it is no longer saying that is existent. I have also tried wmctrl -c "Bing" (looks for a specfic window name) and this is not working either. Is there any type of solution where If I have 10 tabs open that I can focus back on a tab with a specific tab name and close the tab that is focused on. I think trying to close using the PID's is a dead end since they are being wiped right after that tab has been opened.






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