clearing chrome dns cache and sockets via js

flush_chrome_dns.sh

#!/bin/bash
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echo ""
echo "Dumping Google Chrome DNS Cache"
osascript <<EOD
	tell application "Google Chrome"
		tell front window
			set origTab to active tab
			set origTabIndex to active tab index
			set theTab to make new tab with properties {URL:"chrome://net-internals/#dns"}
			set isLoadDone to not loading of theTab
			repeat until isLoadDone
				set isLoadDone to not loading of theTab
			end repeat
			delay 1
			execute theTab javascript "g_browser.sendFlushSocketPools();g_browser.checkForUpdatedInfo(false);g_browser.sendClearHostResolverCache();"
			close theTab
			set active tab index to origTabIndex
			-- uncomment the line below (remove -- ) if you would like previously opened tab to be reloaded.
			-- reload origTab
		end tell
	end tell
EOD

echo "Finished dumping Google Chrome DNS Cache"