Simple script that starts and stops GlobalProtect.app on Mac OSX.

global-protect.sh

#!/bin/bash

#sudo vim /usr/local/sbin/vpn
#sudo chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/vpn
#Usage vpn

num=`ps -ef|grep GlobalProtect|grep -v grep|wc -l|awk -F ' ' '{print $1}'`

case $# in
   0)
        if [ $num == "0" ]
        then
            echo "Starting GlobalProtect..."
            launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangpa.plist
            launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangps.plist
            echo "Done!"
        else
            echo "Stopping GlobalProtect..."
            launchctl remove com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangps
            launchctl remove com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangpa
            echo "Done!"
        fi
        #echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
        exit 1
      ;;
   1)
      case $1 in
         start)
            echo "Starting GlobalProtect..."
            launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangpa.plist
            launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangps.plist
            echo "Done!"
            ;;
         stop)
            echo "Stopping GlobalProtect..."
            launchctl remove com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangps
            launchctl remove com.paloaltonetworks.gp.pangpa
            echo "Done!"
            ;;
         *)
            echo "'$1' is not a valid verb."
            echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
            exit 2
            ;;
      esac
      ;;
   *)
      echo "Too many args provided ($#)."
      echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
      exit 3
      ;;
esac