diff --git a/bin/po.sh b/bin/po.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# shut down computer after checking running applications
+
+read -p "Press enter to shutdown computer '$(hostname)'"
+
+PROGRAMS=("spotify" "firefox" "thunderbird" "ssh" "scp" "rsync" "pacman" "nemo" "vim" "gvim")
+
+READY=0
+
+while [ $READY -eq 0 ] ; do
+	READY=1
+	for PROGRAM in "${PROGRAMS[@]}"; do
+		PID=$(pidof "$PROGRAM" 2> /dev/null)
+		while [ -n "$PID" ]; do
+			echo "$PROGRAM still running! (pid: $PID)"
+			sleep 1
+			PID=$(pidof "$PROGRAM" 2> /dev/null)
+			READY=0
+		done
+	done
+done
+
+poweroff
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+	echo "Higher privileges are required!"
+	if type sudo > /dev/null ; then
+		sudo poweroff
+	else
+		su -c poweroff
+	fi
+fi