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Awesome OS X Command Line
A curated list of shell commands and tools specific to OS X.
“You don’t have to know everything. You simply need to know where to find it when necessary.” (John Brunner)
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Table of Contents
- Developer
- Disks
- Finder
- Fonts
- Hardware
- Media
- Networking
- Printing
- Package Managers
- Security
- System
- Miscellaneous
Developer
Install command line tools without Xcode
xcode-select --install
Disks
Repair file permissions
sudo diskutil repairPermissions /
Finder
Hide folder in finder
SetFile -a V <FOLDER>
Fonts
Clear font cache for all users
sudo atsutil databases -removeUser
atsutil server -shutdown
atsutil server -ping
Clear font cache for current user
atsutil databases -removeUser
atsutil server -shutdown
atsutil server -ping
Hardware
List all hardware ports
networksetup -listallhardwareports
Show all power management settings
sudo pmset -g
Media
Convert audio file to iPhone ringtone
afconvert input.mp3 ringtone.m4r -f m4af
Networking
Clear DNS cache
sudo dscachutil -flushcache && sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
Enable/disable Bonjour
defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder ProgramArguments -array-add "-NoMulticastAdvertisements"
defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder ProgramArguments -array "/usr/sbin/mDNSResponder" "-launchd"
Renew DHCP lease
sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP
Show DHCP info
ipconfig getpacket en0
Show Wi-Fi connection history
defaults read /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences | grep LastConnected -A 7
Show Wi-Fi network passwords
security find-generic-password -ga "ROUTERNAME" | grep "password:"
Package Managers
- Fink - The full world of Unix Open Source software for Darwin.
- Homebrew - The missing package manager for OS X.
- MacPorts - Compile, install and upgrade either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software.
Printing
Clear print queue
cancel -a -
Security
Add/remove Gatekeeper exceptions
spctl --add /path/to/Application.app
spctl --remove /path/to/Application.app
Check FileVault status
sudo fdesetup status
Securely remove file/directory/force
srm /path/to/file
srm -r /path/to/directory/
srm -rf /path/to/complete/destruction
System
Advanced system and performance report
sudo sysdiagnose -f ~/Desktop/
Check/set/turn off system sleep idle time
sudo systemsetup -getcomputersleep
sudo systemsetup -setcomputersleep 60
sudo systemsetup -setcomputersleep Never
Copy to/from clipboard
cat whatever.txt | pbcopy
pbpaste > whatever.txt
Eject all mountable volumes
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to eject (every disk whose ejectable is true)'
Enable/disable root user
dsenableroot
dsenableroot -d
Enable/disable/check safe mode
sudo nvram boot-args="-x"
sudo nvram boot-args=""
nvram boot-args
List all apps downloaded from App Store
find /Applications -path '*Contents/_MASReceipt/receipt' -maxdepth 4 -print |\sed 's#.app/Contents/_MASReceipt/receipt#.app#g; s#/Applications/##'
Load/unload kernel extensions
sudo kextload -b com.apple.driver.ExampleBundle
sudo kextunload -b com.apple.driver.ExampleBundle
Purge memory cache
sudo purge
Show/disable/enable autocorrect setting
defaults read -g NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled
defaults write -g NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false
defaults write -g NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool true
Show build number of OS
sw_vers
Show current screen resolution
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep Resolution
Miscellaneous
Set wallpaper
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to set desktop picture to POSIX file "/path/to/picture.jpg"'
License
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