log show
NAME log -- Access system wide log messages created by os_log, os_trace and other logging systems. DESCRIPTION log is used to access system wide log messages created by os_log, os_trace…
Command Line Firewall Management In OS X 10.10
check whether Firewall is started /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --getglobalstate https://krypted.com/mac-security/command-line-firewall-management-in-os-x-10-10/
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
json feed of all apple related things. https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/1.0?cpeMatchString=cpe:2.3:*:apple curl -s "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/1.0?cpeMatchString=cpe:2.3:*:apple" curl -s "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/1.0?cpeMatchString=cpe:2.3:*:apple:macOS:catalina" https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/National-Vulnerability-Database/documents/web%20service%20documentation/Automation%20Support%20for%20CVE%20Retrieval.pdf this is the documentation. of how to use their CVE feed hope this link works…
Make (file or share) alias in Terminal
This creates the alia on Desktop cd ~/Desktop ln -s ~/Library/path/to/folder
List .app applications and macOS Components
List ".app" Applications ls /Applications/ | awk -F '.app' '{ print $1}' - ls / | awk -F '.app' '{ print $1}' >> ~/Desktop/ListOfAllAPPs.txt Use SystemProfiler Find Identified Developers system_profiler…
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…
Terminal command to show connected displays/monitors/resolutions?
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType or defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist Link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20099333/terminal-command-to-show-connected-displays-monitors-resolutions
kill safari in terminal
osascript -e "tell application \"Safari\" to quit"
Who is logged in
stat -f '%u %Su' /dev/console who NAME w – display who is logged in and what they are doing w SEE ALSO finger(1), ps(1), uptime(1), who(1) Link https://superuser.com/questions/180819/how-can-you-find-out-the-currently-logged-in-user-in-the-os-x-gui https://osxdaily.com/2014/03/25/see-users-who-connected-to-mac/
Patch Lister Script
Link: https://github.com/patent-ed/SoftwarePatchList/blob/a24425a98c0fa2be11f1b2d955db8cf5005c5371/software_updates7.sh