Global Regular Expression Print: grep command
Search for something in a file grep something file Search for something in multiple files grep something file file1 file2 file 3 Search for something everywhere in the current directory…
pgrep, pkill – find or signal processes by name
NAME pgrep, pkill – find or signal processes by name SYNOPSIS pgrep [-Lafilnoqvx] [-F pidfile] [-G gid] [-P ppid] [-U uid] [-d delim] [-g pgrp] [-t tty] [-u euid] pattern…
zgrep search logs
Use zgrep to recursively (-R) search the logs directory (/var/log), this doesn't handle Apple's asl format nicely zgrep -R that_thing /var/log Log for softwareupdate in log zgrep -R softwareupdate /var/log…
Ensure Security Auditing Is Enabled
Enable Auditing $ /usr/bin/sudo /bin/launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.auditd.plist Read Auditing Setting LAUNCHD_RUNNING=$(/bin/launchctl list | /usr/bin/grep -c com.apple.auditd) AUDITD_RUNNING=$(/usr/sbin/audit -c | /usr/bin/grep -c "AUC_AUDITING") if [[ $LAUNCHD_RUNNING == 1 ]] &&…
Setting Install Security Responses and system files Software Update Settings
How can I enable "Install Security Responses and system files" in macOS terminal? Enable System Files and Security Updates: To specifically enable the installation of system files and security updates,…
Splunk Status and Locations
Splunk Status settings, Jamf Pro commands
logs determining why user getting logged out
logs determining why user getting logged out
Configure logging for troubleshooting Microsoft Teams
To collect logs for Mac: Select the Help menu in Microsoft Teams and then select Collect support files. Configure Developer Menu for Teams Open Teams and click 5 times while in…
Remove lines from log files in BBEdit
in bbedit for macos how can i remove all the lines in a file that have the sting "[StringToRemoveHere" In BBEdit for macOS, you can remove all lines containing a…
Set New Host in etc/hosts by Jamf Policy
a jamf pro bash script that utilizes script options and subsequent parameter labels to call out the ip and tab to hostname for adding custom entries to the macos client…