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macOS command-line tools you might not know about

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2039 points Gadiguibou | 3 comments | 27 Jun 23 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.44s | source
1. lapcat ◴[27 Jun 23 12:53 UTC] No.36492054[source]▶
Manage the Launch Services database:

  /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister
Manage file extended attributes (such as quarantine):

  xattr
Execute a script (AppleScript or JavaScript):

  osascript -e <statement>
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2. spookthesunset ◴[27 Jun 23 13:37 UTC] No.36492545[source]▶
It’s weird how macs don’t come with a GUI for managing system services. Windows does.. that being said the number of times I’ve had to mess with system services on mac can probably be counted with a few fingers…
3. cyberge99 ◴[27 Jun 23 13:54 UTC] No.36492800[source]▶
You can also prepend #!/usr/bin/osascript to a script and then make it executable with chmod oag+x. You can then invoke it normally in bash: ./filename.sh (or whatever)