What I love about OSX is its UNIX(-like) foundation. There are the default UNIX command line tools but also lots of OSX specific commands. This is a compilation of some of these commands you might not know. Feel free to comment.<\/p>\n
This is a mere list of commands with a short description and one or two examples. To find out more of course use Commands may destroy all your data or cause a nuclear meltdown — use only if you know what you are doing.<\/p>\n – Manage a variety of configuration stuff.<\/p>\n \t – Execute Apple Software update from the commandline<\/p>\n \t – Manage the network configuration<\/p>\n \t – Directory service management, for example users, groups etc. – complex stuff, mostly for use on OSX server<\/p>\n \t – Manage DNS cache<\/p>\n \t – View system information (Like SystemProfiler.app in Utilities)<\/p>\n \t – Change file flags, like “hidden”, “archived”..<\/p>\n \t – View extended file attributes, like icon, creator and so on. To write these attributes use SetFileInfo<\/p>\n \t – Manage local disks<\/p>\n \t – Manage disk images<\/p>\n \t – Format a disk<\/p>\n \t – Interact with CD\/DVD drives<\/p>\n \t – Open a file with a given application.<\/p>\n \t – Access OSX clipboard<\/p>\n \t – Manage Spotlight<\/p>\n \t – Take a screenshot<\/p>\n \t – Run Applescript from the shell<\/p>\n \t – Manage QuickLook<\/p>\n \t – Run periodic system jobs<\/p>\n \t More in-depth information can be found here:<\/p>\n What I love about OSX is its UNIX(-like) foundation. There are the default UNIX command line tools but also lots of OSX specific commands. This is a compilation of some of these commands you might not know. Feel free to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[78,19,54],"class_list":["post-4294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-osx","tag-osx","tag-software","tag-track"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paPEN-17g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chipwreck.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chipwreck.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chipwreck.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chipwreck.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chipwreck.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chipwreck.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chipwreck.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chipwreck.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chipwreck.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}man command<\/kbd><\/q>.<\/p>\n
Configuration and networking<\/h2>\n
systemsetup<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
sudo systemsetup -getdate # view system date
\nsystemsetup -getcomputername # display computer name<\/code><\/p>\nsoftwareupdate<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
softwareupdate -l # list available updates
\nsudo softwareupdate -i -a # install all available updates<\/code><\/p>\nnetworksetup<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
sudo networksetup -listallhardwareports # list all network interfaces with MAC addresses
\nsudo networksetup -switchtolocation home # switch network locations<\/code><\/p>\ndscl<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
dscl localhost -list \/Local\/Default\/Users # list all local users<\/code><\/p>\ndscacheutil<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
dscacheutil -flushcache # clear local DNS cache<\/code>\t<\/p>\nsystem_profiler<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
system_profiler # list lots of information<\/code>\t<\/p>\nFiles<\/h2>\n
chflags<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
ls -l0 # View flags in the current directory<\/code><\/p>\n\/Developer\/Tools\/GetFileInfo<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
GetFileInfo any.txt # list the attributes<\/code><\/p>\nDisks and images<\/h2>\n
diskutil<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
diskutil list # list local drives and partitions
\nsudo diskutil repairPermissions \/ # repair permissions<\/code><\/p>\nhdiutil<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
hdiutil burn animage.dmg # burn imagefile to cd\/dvd
\nhdiutil create -srcfolder path any.dmg # create dmg-image from folder<\/code><\/p>\nnewfs_hfs<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
# dangerous enough...<\/code><\/p>\ndrutil<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
drutil eject # eject media
\ndrutil status # show detailed information about drives and media<\/code>\t<\/p>\nMisc<\/h2>\n
open<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
open example.txt # opens the file in the default text editor
\nopen . # opens a new finder window with the current commandline path<\/code><\/p>\npbcopy\/pbpaste<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
ls | pbcopy # copy dir listing to clipboard<\/code><\/p>\nmdutil<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
mdutil -s \/ # show indexing status on root drive<\/code><\/p>\nscreencapture<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
screencapture ~\/Desktop\/scr.png # make a screenshot and save it to the given file<\/code><\/p>\nosascript<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
osascript -e 'tell app \"Terminal\" to close every window whose frontmost is true' # close all terminal windows
\nsudo osascript -e \"set Volume 0\" # set system volume to zero<\/code>\t<\/p>\nqlmanage<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
qlmanage -m # list QuickLook plugins and handlers<\/code><\/p>\nperiodic<\/kbd><\/h5>\n
sudo periodic daily # run daily stuff<\/code><\/p>\nRessources<\/h2>\n
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