how to run Eclipse -clean on a Mac?

Question

I can run eclipse -clean on my PC, but on my Mac, the executable is Eclipse.app -- how do you run that with arguments on the command-line?

Answer 1

Here is a script using macports to automate the restart. You can put this script e.g. on your desktop to be able to double click it.

#!/bin/bash
# WF 2014-03-14
# start Eclipse cleanly
pgrep -fl Eclipse.app
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
  echo "Eclipse is running - shall i kill and restart it with -clean? y/n?"
  read answer
  case $answer in
    y|Y) ;;
    *) echo "ok - I'm aborting this ..."
    exit 1;
    ;;
  esac
  echo "killing current eclipse"
  pkill -f Eclipse.app
fi
echo "starting eclipse cleanly ..."
/Applications/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse -clean -clearPersistedState&