CLI command to restart Rectangle

[neutonfoo]

First of all, thanks for all the hard work that goes into this!

This is a bit of a niche use case, but I was wondering if there was a way to restart Rectangle from the CLI without having the preferences window open. I have a script that sets the "Setting gaps at the screen edges" terminal command depending on if a monitor is my main display or not, but realize that these preferences aren't set until I restart Rectangle.

[rxhanson]

Is this what you're looking for?

osascript -e 'quit app "Rectangle"'
open -a Rectangle

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/354954/how-can-i-quit-an-app-using-terminal

If anyone is up for just building display dependent screen edge gaps into Rectangle, I see no reason to turn down a good pull request for it.

[neutonfoo]

Thanks for the quick reply! That's what I'm currently doing, but when I run open -a Rectangle, the preferences window opens. Is there a way to open Rectangle and not display the Preferences window? The -g and -j options don't seem to do the job unfortunately.

[rxhanson]

If the prefs window opens, that means you're launching it while it's already open. You might need a little delay?

[neutonfoo]

Ah wow I never realized that was the case. It turns out you need quotes around the app name in osascript -e 'quit app "Rectangle"'. Now it works without a delay. Thanks for your help!

[rxhanson]

Good to know, thanks! I updated my answer here to reflect that.