OSX

aa This command is an alias of yaa. View documentation for the original command: tldr yaa

afinfo Audio file metadata parser for OS X. Built-in command of OS X. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/afinfo.html. Display info of a given audio file: afinfo {{path/to/file}} Print a one line description of the audio file: afinfo --brief {{path/to/file}} Print metadata info and contents of the audio file’s InfoDictionary: afinfo --info {{path/to/file}} Print output in XML format: afinfo --xml {{path/to/file}} Print warnings for the audio file if any: afinfo --warnings {{path/to/file}} Display help for full usage: afinfo --help

afplay January 1, 1

afplay Command-line audio player. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/afplay.html. Play a sound file (waits until playback ends): afplay {{path/to/file}} Play a sound file at 2x speed (playback rate): afplay --rate {{2}} {{path/to/file}} Play a sound file at half speed: afplay --rate {{0.5}} {{path/to/file}} Play the first N seconds of a sound file: afplay --time {{seconds}} {{path/to/file}}

aiac January 1, 1

aiac Use OpenAI to generate IaC configurations, utilities, queries and more. More information: https://github.com/gofireflyio/aiac. Generate Terraform for Azure storage account: aiac get terraform {{for an azure storage account}} Generate a Dockerfile for nginx: aiac get dockerfile {{for a secured nginx}} Generate GitHub action that applies Terraform: aiac get github action {{that plans and applies terraform}} Generate a port scanner in Python: aiac get python {{code that scans all open ports in my network}}

airport January 1, 1

airport Wireless network configuration utility. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/airport.html. Show current wireless status information: airport --getinfo Sniff wireless traffic on channel 1: airport sniff {{1}} Scan for available wireless networks: airport --scan Disassociate from current airport network: sudo airport --disassociate

airportd January 1, 1

airportd Manages wireless interfaces. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/airportd/. Start the daemon: airportd

apachectl January 1, 1

apachectl Apache HTTP Server control interface for macOS. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/8/apachectl/. Start the org.apache.httpd launchd job: apachectl start Stop the launchd job: apachectl stop Stop, then start launchd job: apachectl restart

applecamerad January 1, 1

applecamerad Camera manager. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Services. Start the daemon: applecamerad

appsleepd January 1, 1

appsleepd Provides app sleep services. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/appsleepd.8.html. Start the daemon: appsleepd

arch January 1, 1

arch Display the name of the system architecture, or run a command under a different architecture. See also uname. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/arch/. Display the system’s architecture: arch Run a command using x86_64: arch -x86_64 "{{command}}" Run a command using arm: arch -arm64 "{{command}}"

archey January 1, 1

archey Simple tool for stylishly displaying system information. More information: https://github.com/joshfinnie/archey-osx. Show system information: archey Show system information without colored output: archey --nocolor Show system information, using MacPorts instead of Homebrew: archey --macports Show system information without IP address check: archey --offline

as January 1, 1

as Portable GNU assembler. Primarily intended to assemble output from gcc to be used by ld. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/as/. Assemble a file, writing the output to a.out: as {{path/to/file.s}} Assemble the output to a given file: as {{path/to/file.s}} -o {{path/to/output_file.o}} Generate output faster by skipping whitespace and comment preprocessing. (Should only be used for trusted compilers): as -f {{path/to/file.s}} Include a given path to the list of directories to search for files specified in .

asr January 1, 1

asr Restore (copy) a disk image onto a volume. The command name stands for Apple Software Restore. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/8/asr/. Restore a disk image to a target volume: sudo asr restore --source {{image_file.dmg}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}} Erase the target volume before restoring: sudo asr restore --source {{image_file.dmg}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}} --erase Skip verification after restoring: sudo asr restore --source {{image_file.dmg}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}} --noverify Clone volumes without the use of an intermediate disk image: sudo asr restore --source {{path/to/volume_file}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}}

autofsd January 1, 1

autofsd Runs automount on startup and network configuration change events. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/autofsd/. Start the daemon: autofsd

automountd January 1, 1

automountd An automatic mount/unmount daemon for autofs. Started on demand by launchd. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/automountd/. Start the daemon: automountd Log more details to syslog: automountd -v

auvaltool January 1, 1

auvaltool AudioUnit validation tool for Mac. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/mojave/1/auvaltool. List all [a]vailable AudioUnits of any type: auvaltool -a List all [a]vailable AudioUnits of any type with their [l]ocation: auvaltool -al

avbdeviced January 1, 1

avbdeviced A service for managing Audio Video Bridging (AVB) devices. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/1/avbdeviced/. Start the daemon: avbdeviced

backupd January 1, 1

backupd Creates Time Machine backups and manages its backup history. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/backupd/. Start the daemon: backupd

base64 January 1, 1

base64 Encode and decode using Base64 representation. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/base64/. Encode a file: base64 --input={{plain_file}} Decode a file: base64 --decode --input={{base64_file}} Encode from stdin: echo -n "{{plain_text}}" | base64 Decode from stdin: echo -n {{base64_text}} | base64 --decode

bc January 1, 1

bc An arbitrary precision calculator language. See also: dc. More information: https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/bc.1. Start an interactive session: bc Start an interactive session with the standard math library enabled: bc --mathlib Calculate an expression: bc --expression='{{5 / 3}}' Execute a script: bc {{path/to/script.bc}} Calculate an expression with the specified scale: bc --expression='scale = {{10}}; {{5 / 3}}' Calculate a sine/cosine/arctangent/natural logarithm/exponential function using mathlib: bc --mathlib --expression='{{s|c|a|l|e}}({{1}})'

biomesyncd January 1, 1

biomesyncd Synchronizes data between devices registered to the same account. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/biomesyncd.8.html. Start the daemon: biomesyncd

biometrickitd January 1, 1

biometrickitd Provides support for biometric operations. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/biometrickitd/. Start the daemon: biometrickitd

bird January 1, 1

bird This supports the syncing of iCloud and iCloud Drive. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/mojave/8/bird/. Start the daemon: bird

bless January 1, 1

bless Set volume boot capability and startup disk options. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/bless.html. Bless a volume with only Mac OS X or Darwin, and create the BootX and boot.efi files as needed: bless --folder {{/Volumes/Mac OS X/System/Library/CoreServices}} --bootinfo --bootefi Set a volume containing either Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X to be the active volume: bless --mount {{/Volumes/Mac OS}} --setBoot Set the system to NetBoot and broadcast for an available server: bless --netboot --server {{bsdp://255.

bnepd January 1, 1

bnepd A service that handles all Bluetooth network connections. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/8/bnepd/. Start the daemon: bnepd

brightness January 1, 1

brightness Get and set the brightness level of all internal and certain external displays. More information: https://github.com/nriley/brightness. Show current brightness: brightness -l Set the brightness to 100%: brightness {{1}} Set the brightness to 50%: brightness {{0.5}}

caffeinate January 1, 1

caffeinate Prevent macOS from sleeping. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/caffeinate.html. Prevent from sleeping for 1 hour (3600 seconds): caffeinate -u -t {{3600}} Prevent from sleeping until a command completes: caffeinate -s "{{command}}" Prevent from sleeping (use Ctrl + C to exit): caffeinate -i Prevent disk from sleeping (use Ctrl + C to exit): caffeinate -m

cal January 1, 1

cal Prints calendar information. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/cal.html. Display a calendar for the current month: cal Display previous, current and next month: cal -3 Display a calendar for a specific month (1-12 or name): cal -m {{month}} Display a calendar for the current year: cal -y Display a calendar for a specific year (4 digits): cal {{year}} Display a calendar for a specific month and year: cal {{month}} {{year}} Display date of Easter (Western Christian churches) in a given year: ncal -e {{year}}

carthage January 1, 1

carthage A dependency management tool for Cocoa applications. More information: https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage. Download the latest version of all dependencies mentioned in Cartfile, and build them: carthage update Update dependencies, but only build for iOS: carthage update --platform ios Update dependencies, but don’t build any of them: carthage update --no-build Download and rebuild the current version of dependencies (without updating them): carthage bootstrap Rebuild a specific dependency: carthage build {{dependency}}

cat January 1, 1

cat Print and concatenate files. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/cat.1.html. Print the contents of a file to stdout: cat {{path/to/file}} Concatenate several files into an output file: cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}} Append several files to an output file: cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} >> {{path/to/output_file}} Copy the contents of a file into an output file without buffering: cat -u {{/dev/tty12}} > {{/dev/tty13}} Write stdin to a file: cat - > {{path/to/file}}

cfprefsd January 1, 1

cfprefsd Provides preferences services (CFPreferences, NSUserDefaults). It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/8/cfprefsd/. Start the daemon: cfprefsd

chflags January 1, 1

chflags Change file or directory flags. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/chflags.html. Set the hidden flag for a file: chflags {{hidden}} {{path/to/file}} Unset the hidden flag for a file: chflags {{nohidden}} {{path/to/file}} Recursively set the uchg flag for a directory: chflags -R {{uchg}} {{path/to/directory}} Recursively unset the uchg flag for a directory: chflags -R {{nouchg}} {{path/to/directory}}

cloudd January 1, 1

cloudd Backs the CloudKit feature. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/cloudd/. Start the daemon: cloudd

cloudphotod January 1, 1

cloudphotod This synchronizes iCloud Photos. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/cloudphotosd/. Start the daemon: cloudphotod

codesign January 1, 1

codesign Create and manipulate code signatures for macOS. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/codesign/. Sign an application with a certificate: codesign --sign "{{My Company Name}}" {{path/to/application_file.app}} Verify the certificate of an application: codesign --verify {{path/to/application_file.app}}

coreaudiod January 1, 1

coreaudiod Service for Core Audio, Apple’s audio system. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/MusicAudio/Conceptual/CoreAudioOverview/WhatisCoreAudio/WhatisCoreAudio.html. Start the daemon: coreaudiod

coreautha January 1, 1

coreautha A system agent providing the LocalAuthentication framework. It should not be invoked manually. See also: coreauthd. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/coreautha/. Start the agent: coreautha

coreauthd January 1, 1

coreauthd A system daemon providing the LocalAuthentication framework. It should not be invoked manually. See also: coreautha. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/coreauthd/. Start the agent: coreauthd

corebrightnessd January 1, 1

corebrightnessd Manages Night Shift. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/corebrightnessd/. Start the daemon: corebrightnessd

coredatad January 1, 1

coredatad Schedules CloudKit operations for clients of NSPersistentCloudKitContainer. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/coredatad.8.html. Start the daemon: coredatad

cot January 1, 1

cot The Plain-Text Editor for macOS. More information: https://coteditor.com/. Start CotEditor: cot Open specific files: cot {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} Open a new blank document: cot --new Open a specific file and block the terminal until it is closed: cot --wait {{path/to/file}} Open a specific file with the cursor at a specific line and column: cot --line {{1}} --column {{80}} {{path/to/file}}

csrutil January 1, 1

csrutil Manage the System Integrity Protection configuration. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/csrutil.html. Display the System Integrity Protection status: csrutil status Disable the System Integrity Protection: csrutil disable Enable the System Integrity Protection: csrutil enable Display the list of allowed NetBoot sources: csrutil netboot list Add an IPv4 address to the list of allowed NetBoot sources: csrutil netboot add {{ip}} Reset the System Integrity Protection status and clear the NetBoot list: csrutil clear

csshx January 1, 1

csshX Cluster SSH tool for macOS. More information: https://github.com/brockgr/csshx. Connect to multiple hosts: csshX {{hostname1}} {{hostname2}} Connect to multiple hosts with a given SSH key: csshX {{user@hostname1}} {{user@hostname2}} --ssh_args "-i {{path/to/key_file.pem}}" Connect to a pre-defined cluster from /etc/clusters: csshX cluster1

ctkd January 1, 1

ctkd SmartCard daemon. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/ctkd/. Start the daemon: ctkd

cut January 1, 1

cut Cut out fields from stdin or files. More information: https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/cut.1. Print a specific character/field range of each line: {{command}} | cut -{{c|f}} {{1|1,10|1-10|1-|-10}} Print a range of each line with a specific delimiter: {{command}} | cut -d "{{,}}" -{{c}} {{1}} Print a range of each line of a specific file: cut -{{c}} {{1}} {{path/to/file}}

dark-mode January 1, 1

dark-mode Control macOS dark mode. More information: https://github.com/sindresorhus/dark-mode. Toggle dark mode (turn it on if it’s currently off, off if it’s currently on): dark-mode Turn dark mode on: dark-mode on Turn dark mode off: dark-mode off Check if dark mode is on: dark-mode status

date January 1, 1

date Set or display the system date. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/date.html. Display the current date using the default locale’s format: date +%c Display the current date in UTC and ISO 8601 format: date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch): date +%s Display a specific date (represented as a Unix timestamp) using the default format: date -r 1473305798

dd January 1, 1

dd Convert and copy a file. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/dd.1.html. Make a bootable USB drive from an isohybrid file (such like archlinux-xxx.iso) and show the progress: dd if={{path/to/file.iso}} of={{/dev/usb_device}} status=progress Clone a drive to another drive with 4 MB block, ignore error and show the progress: dd if={{/dev/source_device}} of={{/dev/dest_device}} bs={{4m}} conv={{noerror}} status=progress Generate a file of 100 random bytes by using kernel random driver: dd if=/dev/urandom of={{path/to/random_file}} bs={{100}} count={{1}} Benchmark the write performance of a disk: dd if=/dev/zero of={{path/to/1GB_file}} bs={{1024}} count={{1000000}}

defaults January 1, 1

defaults Read and write macOS user configuration for applications. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/defaults.html. Read system defaults for an application option: defaults read "{{application}}" "{{option}}" Read default values for an application option: defaults read -app "{{application}}" "{{option}}" Search for a keyword in domain names, keys, and values: defaults find "{{keyword}}" Write the default value of an application option: defaults write "{{application}}" "{{option}}" {{-type}} {{value}} Speed up Mission Control animations: defaults write com.apple.Dock expose-animation-duration -float 0.

deleted January 1, 1

deleted Keeps track of purgeable space and asks clients to purge when space is low. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/deleted/. Start the daemon: deleted

dhcp6d January 1, 1

dhcp6d Stateless DHCPv6 server. See also: InternetSharing. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/dhcp6d/. Start the daemon: dhcp6d Use a custom configuration: dhcp6d {{path/to/config_file}}

diskutil January 1, 1

diskutil Utility to manage local disks and volumes. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/diskutil.html. List all currently available disks, partitions and mounted volumes: diskutil list Repair the filesystem data structures of a volume: diskutil repairVolume {{/dev/disk_device}} Unmount a volume: diskutil unmountDisk {{/dev/disk_device}} Eject a CD/DVD (unmount first): diskutil eject {{/dev/disk_device1}}

distnoted January 1, 1

distnoted Provides distributed notification services. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/distnoted/. Start the daemon: distnoted

ditto January 1, 1

ditto Copy files and directories. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/ditto.html. Overwrite contents of destination directory with contents of source directory: ditto {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/destination_directory}} Print a line to the Terminal window for every file that’s being copied: ditto -V {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/destination_directory}} Copy a given file or directory, while retaining the original file permissions: ditto -rsrc {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/destination_directory}}

dmesg January 1, 1

dmesg Write the kernel messages to stdout. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/dmesg/. Show kernel messages: dmesg Show how much physical memory is available on this system: dmesg | grep -i memory Show kernel messages 1 page at a time: dmesg | less

dot_clean January 1, 1

dot_clean Merge ._* files with corresponding native files. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/dot_clean.html. Merge all ._* files recursively: dot_clean {{path/to/directory}} Don’t recursively merge all ._* in a directory (flat merge): dot_clean -f {{path/to/directory}} Merge and delete all ._* files: dot_clean -m {{path/to/directory}} Only delete ._* files if there’s a matching native file: dot_clean -n {{path/to/directory}} Follow symlinks: dot_clean -s {{path/to/directory}} Print verbose output: dot_clean -v {{path/to/directory}}

drutil January 1, 1

drutil Interact with DVD burners. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/drutil.html. Eject a disk from the drive: drutil eject Burn a directory as an ISO9660 filesystem onto a DVD. Don’t verify and eject when complete: drutil burn -noverify -eject -iso9660

du January 1, 1

du Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and directory space usage. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/du.html. List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in the given unit (KiB/MiB/GiB): du -{{k|m|g}} {{path/to/directory}} List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size): du -h {{path/to/directory}} Show the size of a single directory, in human-readable units: du -sh {{path/to/directory}} List the human-readable sizes of a directory and of all the files and directories within it: du -ah {{path/to/directory}}

duti January 1, 1

duti Set default applications for document types and URL schemes on macOS. More information: https://github.com/moretension/duti. Set Safari as the default handler for HTML documents: duti -s {{com.apple.Safari}} {{public.html}} all Set VLC as the default viewer for files with .m4v extensions: duti -s {{org.videolan.vlc}} {{m4v}} viewer Set Finder as the default handler for the ftp:// URL scheme: duti -s {{com.apple.Finder}} "{{ftp}}" Display information about the default application for a given extension: duti -x {{ext}}

ed January 1, 1

ed The original Unix text editor. See also: awk, sed. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/manual/ed_manual.html. Start an interactive editor session with an empty document: ed Start an interactive editor session with an empty document and a specific [p]rompt: ed -p '> ' Start an interactive editor session with an empty document and without diagnostics, byte counts and ‘!’ prompt: ed -s Edit a specific file (this shows the byte count of the loaded file): ed {{path/to/file}}

emond January 1, 1

emond Event Monitor service that accepts events from various services, runs them through a simple rules engine, and takes action. The actions can run commands, send email, or SMS messages. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/emond/. Start the daemon: emond Specify rules for emond to process by giving a path to a file or directory: emond -r {{path/to/file_or_directory}} Use a specific configuration file: emond -c {{path/to/config_file}}

fdesetup January 1, 1

fdesetup Set and retrieve FileVault related information. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/mojave/8/fdesetup/. List current FileVault enabled users: sudo fdesetup list Get current FileVault status: fdesetup status Add FileVault enabled user: sudo fdesetup add -usertoadd user1 Enable FileVault: sudo fdesetup enable Disable FileVault: sudo fdesetup disable

filecoordinationd January 1, 1

filecoordinationd Coordinates access to files by multiple processes (NSFileCoordinator, NSFilePresenter). It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/8/filecoordinationd/. Start the daemon: filecoordinationd

fileicon January 1, 1

fileicon Manage custom file and folder icons. More information: https://github.com/mklement0/fileicon. Set a custom icon for a specific file or directory: fileicon set {{path/to/file_or_directory}} {{path/to/icon_file.png}} Remove a custom icon from a specific file or directory: fileicon rm {{path/to/file_or_directory}} Save the custom icon of a file or directory as a .icns file into the current directory: fileicon get {{path/to/file_or_directory}} Test if a specific file or directory has a custom icon: fileicon test {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

fontd January 1, 1

fontd Makes fonts available to the system. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/fontd/. Start the daemon: fontd

fsck January 1, 1

fsck Check the integrity of a filesystem or repair it. The filesystem should be unmounted at the time the command is run. It is a wrapper that calls fsck_hfs, fsck_apfs, fsck_msdos, fsck_exfat, and fsck_udf as needed. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/fsck.html. Check filesystem /dev/sdX, reporting any damaged blocks: fsck {{/dev/sdX}} Check filesystem /dev/sdX only if it is clean, reporting any damaged blocks and interactively letting the user choose to repair each one: fsck -f {{/dev/sdX}}

ftxdiff January 1, 1

ftxdiff Compare differences between two fonts. More information: https://developer.apple.com/fonts. Output differences to a specific text file: ftxdiff --output {{path/to/fontdiff_file.txt}} {{path/to/font_file1.ttc}} {{path/to/font_file2.ttc}} Include glyph names in output: ftxdiff --include-glyph-names Include unicode names in output: ftxdiff --include-unicode-names

gawk January 1, 1

gawk This command is an alias of GNU awk. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux awk

gb2sum January 1, 1

gb2sum This command is an alias of GNU b2sum. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux b2sum

gbase32 January 1, 1

gbase32 This command is an alias of GNU base32. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux base32

gbase64 January 1, 1

gbase64 This command is an alias of GNU base64. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux base64

gbasename January 1, 1

gbasename This command is an alias of GNU basename. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux basename

gbasenc January 1, 1

gbasenc This command is an alias of GNU basenc. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux basenc

gcat January 1, 1

gcat This command is an alias of GNU cat. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux cat

gchcon January 1, 1

gchcon This command is an alias of GNU chcon. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux chcon

gchgrp January 1, 1

gchgrp This command is an alias of GNU chgrp. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux chgrp

gchmod January 1, 1

gchmod This command is an alias of GNU chmod. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux chmod

gchown January 1, 1

gchown This command is an alias of GNU chown. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux chown

gchroot January 1, 1

gchroot This command is an alias of GNU chroot. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux chroot

gcksum January 1, 1

gcksum This command is an alias of GNU cksum. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux cksum

gcomm January 1, 1

gcomm This command is an alias of GNU comm. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux comm

gcp January 1, 1

gcp This command is an alias of GNU cp. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux cp

gcsplit January 1, 1

gcsplit This command is an alias of GNU csplit. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux csplit

gcut January 1, 1

gcut This command is an alias of GNU cut. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux cut

gdate January 1, 1

gdate This command is an alias of GNU date. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux date

gdd January 1, 1

gdd This command is an alias of GNU dd. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux dd

gdf January 1, 1

gdf This command is an alias of GNU df. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux df

gdir January 1, 1

gdir This command is an alias of GNU dir. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux dir

gdircolors January 1, 1

gdircolors This command is an alias of GNU dircolors. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux dircolors

gdirname January 1, 1

gdirname This command is an alias of GNU dirname. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux dirname

gdnsdomainname January 1, 1

gdnsdomainname This command is an alias of GNU dnsdomainname. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux dnsdomainname

gecho January 1, 1

gecho This command is an alias of GNU echo. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux echo

ged January 1, 1

ged This command is an alias of GNU ed. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux ed

gegrep January 1, 1

gegrep This command is an alias of GNU egrep. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux egrep

genv January 1, 1

genv This command is an alias of GNU env. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux env

getfileinfo January 1, 1

GetFileInfo Get information about a file in an HFS+ directory. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/GetFileInfo/. Display information about a given file: GetFileInfo {{path/to/filename}} Display the date and time a given file was created: GetFileInfo -d {{path/to/filename}} Display the date and time a given file was last modified: GetFileInfo -m {{path/to/filename}} Display the creator of a given file: GetFileInfo -c {{path/to/filename}}

gexpand January 1, 1

gexpand This command is an alias of GNU expand. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux expand

gexpr January 1, 1

gexpr This command is an alias of GNU expr. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux expr

gfactor January 1, 1

gfactor This command is an alias of GNU factor. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux factor

gfalse January 1, 1

gfalse This command is an alias of GNU false. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux false

gfgrep January 1, 1

gfgrep This command is an alias of GNU fgrep. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux fgrep

gfind January 1, 1

gfind This command is an alias of GNU find. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux find

gfmt January 1, 1

gfmt This command is an alias of GNU fmt. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux fmt

gfold January 1, 1

gfold This command is an alias of GNU fold. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux fold

gftp January 1, 1

gftp This command is an alias of GNU ftp. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux ftp

ggrep January 1, 1

ggrep This command is an alias of GNU grep. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux grep

ggroups January 1, 1

ggroups This command is an alias of GNU groups. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux groups

ghead January 1, 1

ghead This command is an alias of GNU head. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux head

ghostid January 1, 1

ghostid This command is an alias of GNU hostid. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux hostid

ghostname January 1, 1

ghostname This command is an alias of GNU hostname. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux hostname

gid January 1, 1

gid This command is an alias of GNU id. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux id

gifconfig January 1, 1

gifconfig This command is an alias of GNU ifconfig. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux ifconfig

gindent January 1, 1

gindent This command is an alias of GNU indent. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux indent

ginstall January 1, 1

ginstall This command is an alias of GNU install. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux install

gjoin January 1, 1

gjoin This command is an alias of GNU join. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux join

gkill January 1, 1

gkill This command is an alias of GNU kill. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux kill

glibtool January 1, 1

glibtool This command is an alias of GNU libtool. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux libtool

glibtoolize January 1, 1

glibtoolize This command is an alias of GNU libtoolize. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux libtoolize

glink January 1, 1

glink This command is an alias of GNU link. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux link

gln January 1, 1

gln This command is an alias of GNU ln. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux ln

glocate January 1, 1

glocate This command is an alias of GNU locate. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux locate

glogger January 1, 1

glogger This command is an alias of GNU logger. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux logger

glogname January 1, 1

glogname This command is an alias of GNU logname. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux logname

gls January 1, 1

gls This command is an alias of GNU ls. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux ls

gmake January 1, 1

gmake This command is an alias of GNU make. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux make

gmd5sum January 1, 1

gmd5sum This command is an alias of GNU md5sum. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux md5sum

gmkdir January 1, 1

gmkdir This command is an alias of GNU mkdir. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux mkdir

gmkfifo January 1, 1

gmkfifo This command is an alias of GNU mkfifo. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux mkfifo

gmknod January 1, 1

gmknod This command is an alias of GNU mknod. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux mknod

gmktemp January 1, 1

gmktemp This command is an alias of GNU mktemp. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux mktemp

gmv January 1, 1

gmv This command is an alias of GNU mv. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux mv

gnice January 1, 1

gnice This command is an alias of GNU nice. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux nice

gnl January 1, 1

gnl This command is an alias of GNU nl. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux nl

gnohup January 1, 1

gnohup This command is an alias of GNU nohup. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux nohup

gnproc January 1, 1

gnproc This command is an alias of GNU nproc. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux nproc

gnumfmt January 1, 1

gnumfmt This command is an alias of GNU numfmt. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux numfmt

god January 1, 1

god This command is an alias of GNU od. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux od

gpaste January 1, 1

gpaste This command is an alias of GNU paste. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux paste

gpathchk January 1, 1

gpathchk This command is an alias of GNU pathchk. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux pathchk

gping January 1, 1

gping This command is an alias of GNU ping. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux ping

gping6 January 1, 1

gping6 This command is an alias of GNU ping6. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux ping6

gpinky January 1, 1

gpinky This command is an alias of GNU pinky. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux pinky

gpr January 1, 1

gpr This command is an alias of GNU pr. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux pr

gprintenv January 1, 1

gprintenv This command is an alias of GNU printenv. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux printenv

gprintf January 1, 1

gprintf This command is an alias of GNU printf. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux printf

gptx January 1, 1

gptx This command is an alias of GNU ptx. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux ptx

gpwd January 1, 1

gpwd This command is an alias of GNU pwd. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux pwd

grcp January 1, 1

grcp This command is an alias of GNU rcp. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux rcp

greadlink January 1, 1

greadlink This command is an alias of GNU readlink. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux readlink

grealpath January 1, 1

grealpath This command is an alias of GNU realpath. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux realpath

grexec January 1, 1

grexec This command is an alias of GNU rexec. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux rexec

grlogin January 1, 1

grlogin This command is an alias of GNU rlogin. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux rlogin

grm January 1, 1

grm This command is an alias of GNU rm. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux rm

grmdir January 1, 1

grmdir This command is an alias of GNU rmdir. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux rmdir

grsh January 1, 1

grsh This command is an alias of GNU rsh. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux rsh

gruncon January 1, 1

gruncon This command is an alias of GNU runcon. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux runcon

gsed January 1, 1

gsed This command is an alias of GNU sed. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux sed

gseq January 1, 1

gseq This command is an alias of GNU seq. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux seq

gsha1sum January 1, 1

gsha1sum This command is an alias of GNU sha1sum. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux sha1sum

gsha224sum January 1, 1

gsha224sum This command is an alias of GNU sha224sum. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux sha224sum

gsha256sum January 1, 1

gsha256sum This command is an alias of GNU sha256sum. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux sha256sum

gsha384sum January 1, 1

gsha384sum This command is an alias of GNU sha384sum. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux sha384sum

gsha512sum January 1, 1

gsha512sum This command is an alias of GNU sha512sum. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux sha512sum

gshred January 1, 1

gshred This command is an alias of GNU shred. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux shred

gshuf January 1, 1

gshuf This command is an alias of GNU shuf. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux shuf

gsleep January 1, 1

gsleep This command is an alias of GNU sleep. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux sleep

gsort January 1, 1

gsort This command is an alias of GNU sort. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux sort

gsplit January 1, 1

gsplit This command is an alias of GNU split. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux split

gstat January 1, 1

gstat This command is an alias of GNU stat. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux stat

gstdbuf January 1, 1

gstdbuf This command is an alias of GNU stdbuf. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux stdbuf

gstty January 1, 1

gstty This command is an alias of GNU stty. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux stty

gsum January 1, 1

gsum This command is an alias of GNU sum. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux sum

gsync January 1, 1

gsync This command is an alias of GNU sync. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux sync

gtac January 1, 1

gtac This command is an alias of GNU tac. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux tac

gtail January 1, 1

gtail This command is an alias of GNU tail. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux tail

gtalk January 1, 1

gtalk This command is an alias of GNU talk. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux talk

gtar January 1, 1

gtar This command is an alias of GNU tar. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux tar

gtee January 1, 1

gtee This command is an alias of GNU tee. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux tee

gtelnet January 1, 1

gtelnet This command is an alias of GNU telnet. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux telnet

gtest January 1, 1

gtest This command is an alias of GNU test. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux test

gtftp January 1, 1

gtftp This command is an alias of GNU tftp. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux tftp

gtime January 1, 1

gtime This command is an alias of GNU time. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux time

gtimeout January 1, 1

gtimeout This command is an alias of GNU timeout. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux timeout

gtouch January 1, 1

gtouch This command is an alias of GNU touch. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux touch

gtr January 1, 1

gtr This command is an alias of GNU tr. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux tr

gtraceroute January 1, 1

gtraceroute This command is an alias of GNU traceroute. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux traceroute

gtrue January 1, 1

gtrue This command is an alias of GNU true. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux true

gtruncate January 1, 1

gtruncate This command is an alias of GNU truncate. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux truncate

gtsort January 1, 1

gtsort This command is an alias of GNU tsort. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux tsort

gtty January 1, 1

gtty This command is an alias of GNU tty. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux tty

guname January 1, 1

guname This command is an alias of GNU uname. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux uname

gunexpand January 1, 1

gunexpand This command is an alias of GNU unexpand. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux unexpand

guniq January 1, 1

guniq This command is an alias of GNU uniq. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux uniq

gunits January 1, 1

gunits This command is an alias of GNU units. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux units

gunlink January 1, 1

gunlink This command is an alias of GNU unlink. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux unlink

gupdatedb January 1, 1

gupdatedb This command is an alias of GNU updatedb. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux updatedb

guptime January 1, 1

guptime This command is an alias of GNU uptime. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux uptime

gusers January 1, 1

gusers This command is an alias of GNU users. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux users

gvdir January 1, 1

gvdir This command is an alias of GNU vdir. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux vdir

gwc January 1, 1

gwc This command is an alias of GNU wc. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux wc

gwhich January 1, 1

gwhich This command is an alias of GNU which. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux which

gwho January 1, 1

gwho This command is an alias of GNU who. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux who

gwhoami January 1, 1

gwhoami This command is an alias of GNU whoami. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux whoami

gwhois January 1, 1

gwhois This command is an alias of GNU whois. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux whois

gxargs January 1, 1

gxargs This command is an alias of GNU xargs. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux xargs

gyes January 1, 1

gyes This command is an alias of GNU yes. View documentation for the original command: tldr -p linux yes

hdiutil January 1, 1

hdiutil Utility to create and manage disk images. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/hdiutil.html. Mount an image: hdiutil attach {{path/to/image_file}} Unmount an image: hdiutil detach /Volumes/{{volume_file}} List mounted images: hdiutil info Create an ISO image from the contents of a directory: hdiutil makehybrid -o {{path/to/output_file}} {{path/to/directory}}

head January 1, 1

head Output the first part of files. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/head.1.html. Output the first few lines of a file: head --lines {{8}} {{path/to/file}} Output the first few bytes of a file: head --bytes {{8}} {{path/to/file}} Output everything but the last few lines of a file: head --lines -{{8}} {{path/to/file}} Output everything but the last few bytes of a file: head --bytes -{{8}} {{path/to/file}}

hidd January 1, 1

hidd HID library userland daemon. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/hidd/. Start the daemon: hidd

httpie January 1, 1

httpie A user friendly HTTP tool. More information: https://github.com/httpie/httpie. Send a GET request (default method with no request data): http {{https://example.com}} Send a POST request (default method with request data): http {{https://example.com}} {{hello=World}} Send a POST request with redirected input: http {{https://example.com}} < {{file.json}} Send a PUT request with a given JSON body: http PUT {{https://example.com/todos/7}} {{hello=world}} Send a DELETE request with a given request header: http DELETE {{https://example.com/todos/7}} {{API-Key:foo}}

icalbuddy January 1, 1

icalBuddy Command-line utility for printing events and tasks from the macOS calendar database. More information: https://hasseg.org/icalBuddy/. Show events later today: icalBuddy --includeOnlyEventsFromNowOn eventsToday Show uncompleted tasks: icalBuddy uncompletedTasks Show a formatted list separated by calendar for all events today: icalBuddy --formatOutput --separateByCalendar eventsToday Show tasks for a specified number of days: icalBuddy --includeOnlyEventsFromNowOn "tasksDueBefore:today+{{8}}" Show events in a time range: icalBuddy eventsFrom:{{start_date}} to:{{end_date}}

indent January 1, 1

indent Change the appearance of a C/C++ program by inserting or deleting whitespace. More information: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=indent. Format C/C++ source according to the Berkeley style: indent {{path/to/source_file.c}} {{path/to/indented_file.c}} -nbad -nbap -bc -br -c33 -cd33 -cdb -ce -ci4 -cli0 -di16 -fc1 -fcb -i4 -ip -l75 -lp -npcs -nprs -psl -sc -nsob -ts8 Format C/C++ source according to the style of Kernighan & Ritchie (K&R): indent {{path/to/source_file.c}} {{path/to/indented_file.c}} -nbad -bap -nbc -br -c33 -cd33 -ncdb -ce -ci4 -cli0 -cs -d0 -di1 -nfc1 -nfcb -i4 -nip -l75 -lp -npcs -nprs -npsl -nsc -nsob

internetsharing January 1, 1

InternetSharing Sets up Internet Sharing. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/InternetSharing/. Start the daemon: InternetSharing

ipconfig January 1, 1

ipconfig View and control IP configuration state. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/ipconfig.html. List all network interfaces: ipconfig getiflist Show the IP address of an interface: ipconfig getifaddr {{interface_name}}

istats January 1, 1

istats Show various statistics such as the CPU temperature, fan speeds and battery status. More information: https://github.com/Chris911/iStats. Show all the stats: istats Show all CPU stats: istats cpu Show all fan stats: istats fan Scan and print temperatures: istats scan

java_home January 1, 1

java_home Return a value for $JAVA_HOME or execute command using this variable. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/java_home. List JVMs based on a specific version: java_home --version {{1.5+}} List JVMs based on a specific [arch]itecture: java_home --arch {{i386}} List JVMs based on a specific tasks (defaults to CommandLine): java_home --datamodel {{Applets|WebStart|BundledApp|JNI|CommandLine}} List JVMs in a XML format: java_home --xml Display help: java_home --help

kmutil January 1, 1

kmutil Utility for managing kernel extensions (kexts) and kext collections on disk. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/kmutil.8.html. Find kexts available on the operating system: kmutil find Display logging information about the Kernel Management sub-system: kmutil log Inspect and display a kext collection’s contents according to the options provided: kmutil inspect {{options}} Check the consistency of kext collections against each other: kmutil check Dump kernelmanagerd state for debugging: sudo kmutil dumpstate Load one or more extensions based on the bundle specified at this path in the results: kmutil load --bundle-path {{path/to/extension.

launchctl January 1, 1

launchctl Control Apple’s launchd manager for launch daemons (system-wide services) and launch agents (per-user programs). launchd loads XML-based *.plist files placed in the appropriate locations, and runs the corresponding commands according to their defined schedule. More information: https://manned.org/launchctl. Activate a user-specific agent to be loaded into launchd whenever the user logs in: launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/{{my_script}}.plist Activate an agent which requires root privileges to run and/or should be loaded whenever any user logs in (note the absence of ~ in the path): sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/{{root_script}}.

launchd January 1, 1

launchd This manages processes, both for the system and users. You cannot invoke launchd manually, use launchctl to interact with it. More information: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/Introduction.html. Run init: /sbin/launchd View documentation for interacting with launchd using launchctl: tldr launchctl

lex January 1, 1

lex Lexical analyzer generator. Given the specification for a lexical analyzer, generates C code implementing it. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/lex.1.html. Generate an analyzer from a Lex file: lex {{analyzer.l}} Specify the output file: lex {{analyzer.l}} --outfile {{analyzer.c}} Compile a C file generated by Lex: cc {{path/to/lex.yy.c}} --output {{executable}}

lipo January 1, 1

lipo Tool for handling Mach-O Universal Binaries. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/lipo.html. Create a universal file from two single-architecture files: lipo {{path/to/binary_file.x86_64}} {{path/to/binary_file.arm64e}} -create -output {{path/to/binary_file}} List all architectures contained in a universal file: lipo {{path/to/binary_file}} -archs Display detailed information about a universal file: lipo {{path/to/binary_file}} -detailed_info Extract a single-architecture file from a universal file: lipo {{path/to/binary_file}} -thin {{arm64e}} -output {{path/to/binary_file.arm64e}}

lldb January 1, 1

lldb The LLVM Low-Level Debugger. More information: https://lldb.llvm.org/man/lldb.html. Debug an executable: lldb "{{executable}}" Attach lldb to a running process with a given PID: lldb -p {{pid}} Wait for a new process to launch with a given name, and attach to it: lldb -w -n "{{process_name}}"

llvm-lipo January 1, 1

llvm-lipo This command is an alias of lipo. View documentation for the original command: tldr lipo

locate January 1, 1

locate Find filenames quickly. More information: https://manned.org/locate. Look for pattern in the database. Note: the database is recomputed periodically (usually weekly or daily): locate "{{pattern}}" Look for a file by its exact filename (a pattern containing no globbing characters is interpreted as *pattern*): locate */{{filename}} Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files: sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

log January 1, 1

log View, export, and configure logging systems. More information: https://www.dssw.co.uk/reference/log.html. Stream live system logs: log stream Stream logs sent to syslog from the process with a specific PID: log stream --process {{process_id}} Show logs sent to syslog from a process with a specific name: log show --predicate "process == '{{process_name}}'" Export all logs to disk for the past hour: sudo log collect --last {{1h}} --output {{path/to/file.logarchive}}

look January 1, 1

look Look for lines in sorted file. More information: https://manned.org/look. Look for lines which begins with the given prefix: look {{prefix}} {{path/to/file}} Look for lines ignoring case: look --ignore-case {{prefix}} {{path/to/file}}

lpstat January 1, 1

lpstat Display status information about the current classes, jobs, and printers. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/lpstat.html. Show a long listing of printers, classes, and jobs: lpstat -l Force encryption when connecting to the CUPS server: lpstat -E Show the ranking of print jobs: lpstat -R Show whether or not the CUPS server is running: lpstat -r Show all status information: lpstat -t

m January 1, 1

m Swiss Army Knife for macOS. More information: https://github.com/rgcr/m-cli. Get the battery status: m battery status Turn off Bluetooth: m bluetooth off List available filesystems for formatting: m disk filesystems Enable Dock’s auto hide feature: m dock autohide YES Disable the firewall: m firewall disable

machine January 1, 1

machine Print machine type. More information: https://manned.org/machine. Print CPU architecture: machine

mas January 1, 1

mas Command-line interface for the Mac App Store. More information: https://github.com/mas-cli/mas. Sign into the Mac App Store for the first time: mas signin "{{user@example.com}}" Show all installed applications and their product identifiers: mas list Search for an application, displaying the price alongside the results: mas search "{{application}}" --price Install or update an application: mas install {{product_identifier}} Install all pending updates: mas upgrade

mate January 1, 1

mate General-purpose text editor for macOS. More information: https://macromates.com/. Start TextMate: mate Open specific files: mate {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} Specify the filetype of a file: mate --type {{filetype}} {{path/to/file}} Open and wait until finished editing a specific file: mate --wait {{path/to/file}} Open a file with the cursor at a specific line and column: mate --line {{line_number}}:{{column_number}} {{path/to/file}}

md5 January 1, 1

md5 Calculate MD5 cryptographic checksums. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/md5.html. Calculate the MD5 checksum for a file: md5 {{path/to/file}} Calculate MD5 checksums for multiple files: md5 {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} Output only the md5 checksum (no filename): md5 -q {{path/to/file}} Print a checksum of the given string: md5 -s "{{string}}"

mdfind January 1, 1

mdfind List files matching a given query. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/mdfind.html. Find a file by its name: mdfind -name {{file}} Find a file by its content: mdfind "{{query}}" Find a file containing a string, in a given directory: mdfind -onlyin {{directory}} "{{query}}"

mdls January 1, 1

mdls Display the metadata attributes for a file. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/mdls.html. Display the list of metadata attributes for file: mdls {{path/to/file}} Display a specific metadata attribute: mdls -name {{attribute}} {{path/to/file}}

mdutil January 1, 1

mdutil Manage the metadata stores used by Spotlight for indexing. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/mdutil.html. Show the indexing status of the startup volume: mdutil -s {{/}} Turn on/off the Spotlight indexing for a given volume: mdutil -i {{on|off}} {{path/to/volume}} Turn on/off indexing for all volumes: mdutil -a -i {{on|off}} Erase the metadata stores and restart the indexing process: mdutil -E {{path/to/volume}}

nettop January 1, 1

nettop Display updated information about the network. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/1/nettop/. Monitor TCP and UDP sockets from all interfaces: nettop Monitor TCP sockets from Loopback interfaces: nettop -m {{tcp}} -t {{loopback}} Monitor a specific process: nettop -p "{{process_id|process_name}}" Display a per-process summary: nettop -P Print 10 samples of network information: nettop -l {{10}} Monitor changes every 5 seconds: nettop -d -s {{5}} While running nettop, list interactive commands: h Display help: nettop -h

networkquality January 1, 1

networkQuality Measure the network quality by connecting to the internet. More information: https://support.apple.com/HT212313. Test the network quality for the default interface: networkQuality Test the upload and download speeds sequentially instead of in parallel: networkQuality -s Test a specified network interface: networkQuality -I {{en0}} Test the network quality with verbose output: networkQuality -v

networksetup January 1, 1

networksetup Configuration tool for Network System Preferences. More information: https://support.apple.com/guide/remote-desktop/about-networksetup-apdd0c5a2d5/mac. List available network service providers (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc): networksetup -listallnetworkservices Show network settings for a particular networking device: networksetup -getinfo "{{Wi-Fi}}" Get currently connected Wi-Fi network name (Wi-Fi device usually en0 or en1): networksetup -getairportnetwork {{en0}} Connect to a particular Wi-Fi network: networksetup -setairportnetwork {{en0}} {{Airport Network SSID}} {{password}}

nfcd January 1, 1

nfcd This daemon controls the NFC controller. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/nfcd/. Start the daemon: nfcd

notifyd January 1, 1

notifyd Notification server. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/notifyd/. Start the daemon: notifyd Log debug messages to the default log file (/var/log/notifyd.log): notifyd -d Log debug messages to an alternate log file: notifyd -d -log_file {{path/to/log_file}}

nvram January 1, 1

nvram Manipulate firmware variables. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/nvram.html. [p]rint all the variables stored in the NVRAM: nvram -p [p]rint all the variables stored in the NVRAM using ML format: nvram -xp Modify the value of a firmware variable: sudo nvram {{name}}="{{value}}" [d]elete a firmware variable: sudo nvram -d {{name}} [c]lear all the firmware variables: sudo nvram -c Set a firmware variable from a specific ML [f]ile: sudo nvram -xf {{path/to/file.xml}}

ocspd January 1, 1

ocspd This retrieves and caches Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responses for certificate verification. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/1/ocspd/. Start the daemon: ocspd

open January 1, 1

open Opens files, directories and applications. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/open.html. Open a file with the associated application: open {{file.ext}} Run a graphical macOS [a]pplication: open -a "{{Application}}" Run a graphical macOS app based on the [b]undle identifier (refer to osascript for an easy way to get this): open -b {{com.domain.application}} Open the current directory in Finder: open . [R]eveal a file in Finder: open -R {{path/to/file}} Open all the files of a given extension in the current directory with the associated application: open {{*.

opensnoop January 1, 1

opensnoop Tool that tracks file opens on your system. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/opensnoop.html. Print all file opens as they occur: sudo opensnoop Track all file opens by a process by name: sudo opensnoop -n "{{process_name}}" Track all file opens by a process by PID: sudo opensnoop -p {{PID}} Track which processes open a specified file: sudo opensnoop -f {{path/to/file}}

osascript January 1, 1

osascript Run AppleScript or JavaScript for Automation (JXA). More information: https://ss64.com/osx/osascript.html. Run an AppleScript command: osascript -e "{{say 'Hello world'}}" Run multiple AppleScript commands: osascript -e "{{say 'Hello'}}" -e "{{say 'world'}}" Run a compiled (*.scpt), bundled (*.scptd), or plaintext (*.applescript) AppleScript file: osascript {{path/to/apple.scpt}} Get the bundle identifier of an application (useful for open -b): osascript -e 'id of app "{{Application}}"' Run a JavaScript command: osascript -l JavaScript -e "{{console.log('Hello world');}}"

pbcopy January 1, 1

pbcopy Copy data from stdin to the clipboard. Comparable to pressing Cmd + C on the keyboard. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/pbcopy.html. Place the contents of a specific file in the clipboard: pbcopy < {{path/to/file}} Place the results of a specific command in the clipboard: find . -type t -name "*.png" | pbcopy

pbpaste January 1, 1

pbpaste Send the contents of the clipboard to stdout. Comparable to pressing Cmd + V on the keyboard. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/pbpaste.html. Write the contents of the clipboard to a file: pbpaste > {{path/to/file}} Use the contents of the clipboard as input to a command: pbpaste | grep foo

photoanalysisd January 1, 1

photoanalysisd This analyzes photo libraries for Memories, People, and scene or object based search. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/photoanalysisd/. Start the daemon: photoanalysisd

photolibraryd January 1, 1

photolibraryd This handles all photo library requests. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/photolibraryd/. Start the daemon: photolibraryd

ping January 1, 1

ping Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/ping.html. Ping the specified host: ping "{{hostname}}" Ping a host a specific number of times: ping -c {{count}} "{{host}}" Ping host, specifying the interval in seconds between requests (default is 1 second): ping -i {{seconds}} "{{host}}" Ping host without trying to lookup symbolic names for addresses: ping -n "{{host}}" Ping host and ring the bell when a packet is received (if your terminal supports it): ping -a "{{host}}"

pkgutil January 1, 1

pkgutil Query and manipulate Mac OS X Installer packages and receipts. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/pkgutil.html. List package IDs for all installed packages: pkgutil --pkgs Verify cryptographic signatures of a package file: pkgutil --check-signature {{path/to/filename.pkg}} List all the files for an installed package given its ID: pkgutil --files {{com.microsoft.Word}} Extract the contents of a package file into a directory: pkgutil --expand-full {{path/to/filename.pkg}} {{path/to/directory}}

plutil January 1, 1

plutil View, convert, validate, or edit property list (“plist”) files. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/1/plutil/. Display the contents of one or more plist files in human-readable format: plutil -p {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}} Convert one or more plist files to XML format, overwriting the original files in-place: plutil -convert xml1 {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}} Convert one or more plist files to binary format, overwriting the original files in-place: plutil -convert binary1 {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}}

pmset January 1, 1

pmset Configure macOS power management settings, as one might do in System Preferences > Energy Saver. Commands that modify settings must begin with sudo. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/pmset.html. Display the current power management settings: pmset -g Display the current power source and battery levels: pmset -g batt Put display to sleep immediately: pmset displaysleepnow Set display to never sleep when on charger power: sudo pmset -c displaysleep 0 Set display to sleep after 15 minutes when on battery power: sudo pmset -b displaysleep 15

pod January 1, 1

pod Dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects. More information: https://guides.cocoapods.org/terminal/commands.html. Create a Podfile for the current project with the default contents: pod init Download and install all pods defined in the Podfile (that haven’t been installed before): pod install List all available pods: pod list Show the outdated pods (of those currently installed): pod outdated Update all currently installed pods to their newest version: pod update Update a specific (previously installed) pod to its newest version: pod update {{pod_name}}

port January 1, 1

port Package manager for macOS. More information: https://www.macports.org. Search for a package: port search {{search_term}} Install a package: sudo port install {{package}} List installed packages: port installed Update port and fetch the latest list of available packages: sudo port selfupdate Upgrade outdated packages: sudo port upgrade outdated Remove old versions of installed packages: sudo port uninstall inactive

ps January 1, 1

ps Information about running processes. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/ps/. List all running processes: ps aux List all running processes including the full command string: ps auxww Search for a process that matches a string: ps aux | grep {{string}} Get the parent PID of a process: ps -o ppid= -p {{pid}} Sort processes by memory usage: ps -m Sort processes by CPU usage: ps -r

qlmanage January 1, 1

qlmanage QuickLook server tool. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/qlmanage.html. Display QuickLook for one or multiple files: qlmanage -p {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} Compute 300px wide PNG thumbnails of all JPEGs in the current directory and put them in a directory: qlmanage {{*.jpg}} -t -s {{300}} {{path/to/directory}} Reset QuickLook: qlmanage -r

readlink January 1, 1

readlink Follow symlinks and get symlink information. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink. Print the absolute path which the symlink points to: readlink {{path/to/symlink_file}}

reboot January 1, 1

reboot Reboot the system. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/reboot.html. Reboot immediately: sudo reboot Reboot immediately without gracefully shutting down: sudo reboot -q

rename January 1, 1

rename Rename a file or group of files with a regular expression. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/2/rename/. Replace from with to in the filenames of the specified files: rename 's/{{from}}/{{to}}/' {{*.txt}}

route January 1, 1

route Manually manipulate the routing tables. Necessitates to be root. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/route/. Add a route to a destination through a gateway: sudo route add "{{destination_ip_address}}" "{{gateway_address}}" Add a route to a /24 subnet through a gateway: sudo route add "{{subnet_ip_address}}/24" "{{gateway_address}}" Run in test mode (does not do anything, just print): sudo route -t add "{{destination_ip_address}}/24" "{{gateway_address}}" Remove all routes: sudo route flush Delete a specific route: sudo route delete "{{destination_ip_address}}/24"

safeejectgpu January 1, 1

SafeEjectGPU Eject a GPU safely. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/mojave/8/safeejectgpu. Eject all GPUs: SafeEjectGPU Eject List all GPUs attached: SafeEjectGPU gpus List apps using a GPU: SafeEjectGPU gpuid {{GPU_ID}} apps Get the status of a GPU: SafeEjectGPU gpuid {{GPU_ID}} status Eject a GPU: SafeEjectGPU gpuid {{GPU_ID}} Eject Launch an app on a GPU: SafeEjectGPU gpuid {{GPU_ID}} LaunchOnGPU {{path/to/App.app}}

say January 1, 1

say Converts text to speech. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/say.html. Say a phrase aloud: say "{{I like to ride my bike.}}" Read a file aloud: say --input-file={{filename.txt}} Say a phrase with a custom voice and speech rate: say --voice={{voice}} --rate={{words_per_minute}} "{{I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that.}}" List the available voices (different voices speak in different languages): say --voice="?" Say something in Polish: say --voice={{Zosia}} "{{Litwo, ojczyzno moja!}}" Create an audio file of the spoken text: say --output-file={{filename.

screencapture January 1, 1

screencapture Utility to take screenshots and screen recordings. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/screencapture.html. Take a screenshot and save it to a file: screencapture {{path/to/file.png}} Take a screenshot including the mouse cursor: screencapture -C {{path/to/file.png}} Take a screenshot and open it in Preview, instead of saving: screencapture -P Take a screenshot of a selected rectangular area: screencapture -i {{path/to/file.png}} Take a screenshot after a delay: screencapture -T {{seconds}} {{path/to/file.png}} Make a screen recording and save it to a file: screencapture -v {{path/to/file.

scutil January 1, 1

scutil Manage system configuration parameters. Necessitates to be root when setting configuration. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/scutil.html. Display DNS Configuration: scutil --dns Display proxy configuration: scutil --proxy Get computer name: scutil --get ComputerName Set computer name: sudo scutil --set ComputerName {{computer_name}} Get hostname: scutil --get HostName Set hostname: scutil --set HostName {{hostname}}

sdef January 1, 1

sdef Get or generate a scripting definitions (sdef) file from a scriptable application. More information: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ScriptableCocoaApplications/SApps_creating_sdef/SAppsCreateSdef.html. Print the scripting definitions of the given application: sdef {{/Applications/XCode.app}}

secd January 1, 1

secd Controls access to and modification of keychain items. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/mojave/8/secd. Start the daemon: secd

security January 1, 1

security Administer keychains, keys, certificates and the Security framework. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/security.html. List all available keychains: security list-keychains Delete a specific keychain: security delete-keychain {{path/to/file.keychain}} Create a keychain: security create-keychain -p {{password}} {{path/to/file.keychain}} Set a certificate to use with a website or [s]ervice by its [c]ommon name (fails if several certificates with the same common name exist): security set-identity-preference -s {{URL|hostname|service}} -c "{{common_name}}" {{path/to/file.keychain}} Add a certificate from file to a [k]eychain (if -k isn’t specified, the default keychain is used): security add-certificates -k {{file.

securityd January 1, 1

securityd This manages security contexts and cryptographic operations. Works with secd for keychain access. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/securityd/. Start the daemon: securityd

sed January 1, 1

sed Edit text in a scriptable manner. See also: awk, ed. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/sed.1.html. Replace all apple (basic regex) occurrences with mango (basic regex) in all input lines and print the result to stdout: {{command}} | sed 's/apple/mango/g' Execute a specific script [f]ile and print the result to stdout: {{command}} | sed -f {{path/to/script_file.sed}} Replace all apple (extended regex) occurrences with APPLE (extended regex) in all input lines and print the result to stdout: {{command}} | sed -E 's/(apple)/\U\1/g'

setfile January 1, 1

setfile Sets file attributes on files in an HFS+ directory. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/setfile.html. Set creation date for specific files: setfile -d "{{MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS}}" {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} Set modification date for specific files: setfile -m "{{MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS}}" {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} Set modification date for symlink file (not to linked file itself): setfile -P -m "{{MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS}}" {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

shortcuts January 1, 1

shortcuts Manage shortcuts. Note: you can also use the Shortcuts app. More information: https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts-mac/run-shortcuts-from-the-command-line-apd455c82f02/mac. Run the specified shortcut (Count holidays): shortcuts run "{{Count holidays}}" Print all shortcuts: shortcuts list Print all shortcut folders: shortcuts list --folders Open the specified shortcut (Count holidays) in the Shortcuts editor: shortcuts view "{{Count holidays}}"

shuf January 1, 1

shuf Generate random permutations. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/linux/1/shuf/. Randomize the order of lines in a file and output the result: shuf {{filename}} Only output the first 5 entries of the result: shuf --head-count={{5}} {{filename}} Write output to another file: shuf {{filename}} --output={{output_filename}} Generate random numbers in range 1-10: shuf --input-range={{1-10}}

shutdown January 1, 1

shutdown Shutdown and reboot the system. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/shutdown.html. Power off (halt) immediately: shutdown -h now Sleep immediately: shutdown -s now Reboot immediately: shutdown -r now Reboot in 5 minutes: shutdown -r "+{{5}}" Power off (halt) at 1:00 pm (Uses 24h clock): shutdown -h {{1300}} Reboot on May 10th 2042 at 11:30 am (Input format: YYMMDDHHMM): shutdown -r {{4205101130}}

signal January 1, 1

signal Simplified software signal facilities. More information: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/System/Conceptual/ManPages_iPhoneOS/man3/signal.3.html. View documentation about signals in Mac OS: man signal

sips January 1, 1

sips Apple Scriptable Image Processing System. Raster/Query images and ColorSync ICC Profiles. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/sips.html. Specify an output directory so that originals do not get modified: sips --out {{path/to/out_dir}} Resample image at specified size, Image aspect ratio may be altered: sips --resampleHeightWidth {{1920}} {{300}} {{image_file.ext}} Resample image so height and width aren’t greater than specified size (notice the capital Z): sips --resampleHeightWidthMax {{1920}} {{300}} {{image_file.ext}} Resample all images in a directory to fit a width of 960px (honoring aspect ratio): sips --resampleWidth {{960}} {{path/to/images}}

sntpd January 1, 1

sntpd An SNTP server. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://linux.die.net/man/8/snmpd. Start the daemon: sntpd Overwrite existing state with the local clock (stratum 1), for running a master/primary server, without synchronizing with another (higher stratum) server: sntpd -L Use a custom file for the SNTP state: sntpd -z {{path/to/state.bin}}

softwareupdate January 1, 1

softwareupdate Update macOS App Store apps. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/softwareupdate.html. List all available updates: softwareupdate --list Download and install all updates: softwareupdate --install --all Download and install all recommended updates: softwareupdate --install --req Download and install a specific app: softwareupdate --install {{update_name}}

spctl January 1, 1

spctl Manage the security assessment policy subsystem. Utility for managing Gatekeeper in macOS. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/8/SPCTL/. Turn off Gatekeeper: spctl --master-disable Add a rule to allow an application to run (labeling of rule is optional): spctl --add --label {{rule_name}} {{path/to/file}} Turn on Gatekeeper: spctl --master-enable List all rules on the system: spctl --list

split January 1, 1

split Split a file into pieces. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/split.html. Split a file, each split having 10 lines (except the last split): split -l {{10}} {{filename}} Split a file by a regular expression. The matching line will be the first line of the next output file: split -p {{cat|^[dh]og}} {{filename}} Split a file with 512 bytes in each split (except the last split; use 512k for kilobytes and 512m for megabytes): split -b {{512}} {{filename}}

spotify January 1, 1

spotify A command-line interface to Spotify. More information: https://github.com/hnarayanan/shpotify. Find a song by name and play it: spotify play {{song_name}} Find a playlist by name and play it: spotify play list {{playlist_name}} Pause (or resume) playback: spotify pause Skip to the next song in a playlist: spotify next Change volume: spotify vol {{up|down|value}} Show the playback status and song details: spotify status

stat January 1, 1

stat Display file status. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/stat.html. Show file properties such as size, permissions, creation and access dates among others: stat {{path/to/file}} Same as above but verbose (more similar to Linux’s stat): stat -x {{path/to/file}} Show only octal file permissions: stat -f %Mp%Lp {{path/to/file}} Show owner and group of the file: stat -f "%Su %Sg" {{path/to/file}} Show the size of the file in bytes: stat -f "%z %N" {{path/to/file}}

sw_vers January 1, 1

sw_vers Print macOS operating system version information. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/sw_vers.html. Print all available information (OS name, version number, and build): sw_vers Print only the version number of the operating system: sw_vers -productVersion Print only the build identifier: sw_vers -buildVersion

symptomsd January 1, 1

symptomsd Provides services for Symptoms.framework. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/symptomsd/. Start the daemon: symptomsd

sysctl January 1, 1

sysctl Access kernel state information. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/sysctl.html. Show all available variables and their values: sysctl -a Show Apple model identifier: sysctl -n hw.model Show CPU model: sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string Show available CPU features (MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AES, etc): sysctl -n machdep.cpu.features Set a changeable kernel state variable: sysctl -w {{section.tunable}}={{value}}

system_profiler January 1, 1

system_profiler Report system hardware and software configuration. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/system_profiler.html. Display a report with specific details level (mini [no personal information], basic or full): system_profiler -detailLevel {{level}} Display a full system profiler report which can be opened by System Profiler.app: system_profiler -xml > MyReport.spx Display a hardware overview (Model, CPU, Memory, Serial, etc) and software data (System, Kernel, Name, Uptime, etc): system_profiler SPHardwareDataType SPSoftwareDataType Print the system serial number: system_profiler SPHardwareDataType|grep "Serial Number (system)" | awk '{ print $4 }'

systemsetup January 1, 1

systemsetup Configure System Preferences machine settings. More information: https://support.apple.com/guide/remote-desktop/about-systemsetup-apd95406b8d/mac. Enable remote login (SSH): systemsetup -setremotelogin on Specify timezone, NTP Server and enable network time: systemsetup -settimezone "{{US/Pacific}}" -setnetworktimeserver {{us.pool.ntp.org}} -setusingnetworktime on Make the machine never sleep and automatically restart on power failure or kernel panic: systemsetup -setsleep off -setrestartpowerfailure on -setrestartfreeze on List valid startup disks: systemsetup -liststartupdisks Specify a new startup disk: systemsetup -setstartupdisk {{path/to/directory}}

systemsoundserverd January 1, 1

systemsoundserverd Core Audio related daemon. It should not be invoked manually. Start the daemon: systemsoundserverd

tail January 1, 1

tail Display the last part of a file. See also: head. More information: https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/tail.1. Show last ‘count’ lines in file: tail -n {{8}} {{path/to/file}} Print a file from a specific line number: tail -n +{{8}} {{path/to/file}} Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file: tail -c {{8}} {{path/to/file}} Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading file until Ctrl + C: tail -f {{path/to/file}}

tart January 1, 1

tart Build, run and manage macOS and Linux virtual machines (VMs) on Apple Silicon. More information: https://github.com/cirruslabs/tart. Pull a remote VM image: tart pull {{acme.io/org/name:tag}} Clone a VM from a local or remote image source: tart clone {{source-vm}} {{vm-name}} Create a new Mac VM from a specific ipsw file: tart create --from-ipsw={{latest|path/to/file.ipsw}} {{vm-name}} Run an existing VM: tart run {{vm-name}} Run an existing VM with a specific mounted directory: tart run --dir={{path/to/directory}}:{{/path/to/local_directory}} {{vm-name}}

terminal-notifier January 1, 1

terminal-notifier Send macOS User Notifications. More information: https://github.com/julienXX/terminal-notifier. Send a notification (only the message is required): terminal-notifier -group {{tldr-info}} -title {{TLDR}} -message '{{TLDR rocks}}' Display piped data with a sound: echo '{{Piped Message Data!}}' | terminal-notifier -sound {{default}} Open a URL when the notification is clicked: terminal-notifier -message '{{Check your Apple stock!}}' -open '{{http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AAPL}}' Open an app when the notification is clicked: terminal-notifier -message '{{Imported 42 contacts.}}' -activate {{com.apple.AddressBook}}

textutil January 1, 1

textutil Used to manipulate text files of various formats. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/textutil.html. Display information about foo.rtf: textutil -info {{path/to/foo.rtf}} Convert foo.rtf into foo.html: textutil -convert {{html}} {{path/to/foo.rtf}} Convert rich text to normal text: textutil {{path/to/foo.rtf}} -convert {{txt}} Convert foo.txt into foo.rtf, using Times 10 for the font: textutil -convert {{rtf}} -font {{Times}} -fontsize {{10}} {{path/to/foo.txt}} Load all RTF files in the current directory, concatenates their contents, and writes the result out as index.

timed January 1, 1

timed Service that synchronizes system time (e.g. using NTP). It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://manned.org/timed. Start the daemon: timed

tmutil January 1, 1

tmutil Utility for managing Time Machine backups. Most verbs require root privileges. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/tmutil.html. Set an HFS+ drive as the backup destination: sudo tmutil setdestination {{path/to/disk_mount_point}} Set an APF share or SMB share as the backup destination: sudo tmutil setdestination "{{protocol://user[:password]@host/share}}" Append the given destination to the list of destinations: sudo tmutil setdestination -a {{destination}} Enable automatic backups: sudo tmutil enable Disable automatic backups: sudo tmutil disable Start a backup, if one is not running already, and release control of the shell: sudo tmutil startbackup

top January 1, 1

top Display dynamic real-time information about running processes. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/top.html. Start top, all options are available in the interface: top Start top sorting processes by internal memory size (default order - process ID): top -o mem Start top sorting processes first by CPU, then by running time: top -o cpu -O time Start top displaying only processes owned by given user: top -user {{user_name}} Get help about interactive commands: ?

translationd January 1, 1

translationd Enables Translation features. It should not be invoked manually. Start the daemon: translationd

uname January 1, 1

uname Print details about the current machine and the operating system running on it. Note: for additional information about the operating system, try the sw_vers command. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/uname.html. Print kernel name: uname Print system architecture and processor information: uname -mp Print kernel name, kernel release and kernel version: uname -srv Print system hostname: uname -n Print all available system information: uname -a

universalaccessd January 1, 1

universalaccessd Provides universal access services. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/universalaccessd/. Start the daemon: universalaccessd

uptime January 1, 1

uptime Tell how long the system has been running and other information. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/uptime.html. Print current time, uptime, number of logged-in users and other information: uptime

usernoted January 1, 1

usernoted Provides notification services. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/mojave/8/usernoted. Start the daemon: usernoted

uuidgen January 1, 1

uuidgen Generate new UUID (Universally Unique IDentifier) strings. More information: https://www.ss64.com/osx/uuidgen.html. Generate a UUID string: uuidgen

valet January 1, 1

valet A Laravel development environment that allows hosting sites via local tunnels on http://<example>.test. More information: https://laravel.com/docs/valet. Start the valet daemon: valet start Register the current working directory as a path that Valet should search for sites: valet park View ‘parked’ paths: valet paths Serve a single site instead of an entire directory: valet link {{application_name}} Share a project via an Ngrok tunnel: valet share

vm_stat January 1, 1

vm_stat Show virtual memory statistics. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/vm_stat. Display virtual memory statistics: vm_stat Display reports every 2 seconds for 5 times: vm_stat -c {{5}} {{2}}

vpnd January 1, 1

vpnd Listens for incoming VPN connections. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/8/vpnd/. Start the daemon: vpnd Run the daemon in the foreground: vpnd -x Run the daemon in the foreground and print logs to the terminal: vpnd -d Run the daemon in the foreground, print logs to the terminal, and quit after validating arguments: vpnd -n Print usage summary and exit: vpnd -h Run the daemon for a specific server configuration: vpnd -i {{server_id}}

w January 1, 1

w Show who is logged on and what they are doing. Print user login, TTY, remote host, login time, idle time, current process. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/w.html. Show logged-in users information: w Show logged-in users information without a header: w -h Show information about logged-in users, sorted by their idle time: w -i

wacaw January 1, 1

wacaw Command-line tool for macOS to capture both still pictures and video from an attached camera. More information: http://webcam-tools.sourceforge.net. Take a picture from webcam: wacaw {{filename}} Record a video: wacaw --video {{filename}} --duration {{10}} Take a picture with custom resolution: wacaw --width {{width}} --height {{100}} {{filename}} Copy image just taken to clipboard: wacaw --to-clipboard List the devices available: wacaw --list-devices

warmd January 1, 1

warmd Controls caches used during startup and login. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/warmd/. Start the daemon: warmd

watchdogd January 1, 1

watchdogd Works with the Watchdog KEXT to ensure that the system is healthy and running. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/watchdogd/. Start the daemon: watchdogd

watchlistd January 1, 1

watchlistd Manages the Apple TV app’s watch list. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/watchlistd/. Start the daemon: watchlistd

wc January 1, 1

wc Count lines, words, or bytes. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/wc.html. Count lines in file: wc -l {{path/to/file}} Count words in file: wc -w {{path/to/file}} Count characters (bytes) in file: wc -c {{path/to/file}} Count characters in file (taking multi-byte character sets into account): wc -m {{path/to/file}} Use stdin to count lines, words and characters (bytes) in that order: {{find .}} | wc

webinspectord January 1, 1

webinspectord Relays commands between Web Inspector and remote targets like WKWebView. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/webinspectord/. Start the daemon: webinspectord

whatis January 1, 1

whatis Tool that searches a set of database files containing short descriptions of system commands for keywords. More information: http://www.linfo.org/whatis.html. Search for information about keyword: whatis {{keyword}} Search for information about multiple keywords: whatis {{keyword1}} {{keyword2}}

whence January 1, 1

whence A zsh builtin to indicate how a given command would be interpreted. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/OpenSolaris/1/whence/. Interpret {{command}}, with expansion if defined as an alias (similar to the command -v builtin): whence "{{command}}" Display type of {{command}}, with location if defined as a function, or binary (equivalent to the type and command -V builtins): whence -v "{{command}}" Same as above, except display content of shell functions instead of location (equivalent to which builtin): whence -c "{{command}}"

wifi-password January 1, 1

wifi-password Get the password of the Wi-Fi. More information: https://github.com/rauchg/wifi-password. Get the password for the Wi-Fi you are currently logged onto: wifi-password Get the password for the Wi-Fi with a specific SSID: wifi-password {{ssid}} Print only the password as output: wifi-password -q

wifivelocityd January 1, 1

wifivelocityd XPC helper for performing system context actions for the WiFiVelocity framework. It should not be invoked manually. More information: http://www.manpagez.com/man/8/wifivelocityd/. Start the daemon: wifivelocityd

wps January 1, 1

wps Assists AirPort in connecting to a network using Wireless Protected Setup. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/8/wps/. Start the daemon: wps

wwand January 1, 1

wwand USB WWAN device configuration daemon. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/wwand.8.html. Start the daemon: wwand

xartstorageremoted January 1, 1

xartstorageremoted The xART Remote Storage Daemon. Receives save/fetch requests from the CoProcessor. It should not be invoked manually. More information: http://www.manpagez.com/man/8/xartstorageremoted/. Start the daemon: xartstorageremoted

xattr January 1, 1

xattr Utility to work with extended filesystem attributes. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/xattr.html. List key:value extended attributes for a given file: xattr -l {{file}} Write an attribute for a given file: xattr -w {{attribute_key}} {{attribute_value}} {{file}} Delete an attribute from a given file: xattr -d {{com.apple.quarantine}} {{file}} Delete all extended attributes from a given file: xattr -c {{file}} Recursively delete an attribute in a given directory: xattr -rd {{attribute_key}} {{directory}}

xcode-select January 1, 1

xcode-select Switch between different versions of Xcode and the included developer tools. Also used to update the path to Xcode if it is moved after installation. More information: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2339/_index.html. Install Xcode’s command-line tools: xcode-select --install Select a given path as the active developer directory: xcode-select --switch {{path/to/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer}} Select a given Xcode instance and use its developer directory as the active one: xcode-select --switch {{path/to/Xcode_file.app}} Print the currently selected developer directory: xcode-select --print-path

xcodebuild January 1, 1

xcodebuild Build Xcode projects. More information: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2339/_index.html. Build workspace: xcodebuild -workspace {{workspace_name.workspace}} -scheme {{scheme_name}} -configuration {{configuration_name}} clean build SYMROOT={{SYMROOT_path}} Build project: xcodebuild -target {{target_name}} -configuration {{configuration_name}} clean build SYMROOT={{SYMROOT_path}} Show SDKs: xcodebuild -showsdks

xcrun January 1, 1

xcrun Run or locate development tools and properties. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/xcrun/. Find and run a tool from the active developer directory: xcrun {{tool}} {{arguments}} Show verbose output: xcrun {{tool}} {{arguments}} --verbose Find a tool for a given SDK: xcrun --sdk {{sdk_name}} Find a tool for a given toolchain: xcrun --toolchain {{name}} Display version: xcrun --version Display help: xcrun --help

xctool January 1, 1

xctool Tool for building Xcode projects. More information: https://github.com/facebook/xctool. Build a single project without any workspace: xctool -project {{YourProject.xcodeproj}} -scheme {{YourScheme}} build Build a project that is part of a workspace: xctool -workspace {{YourWorkspace.xcworkspace}} -scheme {{YourScheme}} build Clean, build and execute all the tests: xctool -workspace {{YourWorkspace.xcworkspace}} -scheme {{YourScheme}} clean build test

xed January 1, 1

xed Opens files for editing in Xcode. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/1/xed/. Open file in Xcode: xed {{file1}} Open file(s) in Xcode, create if it doesn’t exist: xed --create {{filename1}} Open a file in Xcode and jump to line number 75: xed --line 75 {{filename}}

xip January 1, 1

xip Create or expand compressed files in a secure xip archive. Only archives signed by Apple are trusted, so this tool should not be used to create archives. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/1/xip/. Expand the archive into the current working directory: xip --expand {{path/to/file.xip}}

xml2man January 1, 1

xml2man Compile MPGL to mdoc. More information: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/HeaderDoc/mpgl/mpgl.html. Compile an MPGL file to a viewable man page: xml2man {{path/to/command_file.mxml}} Compile an MPGL file to a specific output file: xml2man {{path/to/service_file.mxml}} {{path/to/service_file.7}} Compile an MPGL file to a specific output file, overwriting if it already exists: xml2man -f {{path/to/function_file.mxml}} {{path/to/function_file.3}}

xsand January 1, 1

xsand Xsan file system management daemon. Provides services for the Xsan file system. It should not be invoked manually. More information: https://developer.apple.com/support/downloads/Xsan-Management-Guide.pdf. Start the daemon: xsand

xsltproc January 1, 1

xsltproc Transform XML with XSLT to produce output (usually HTML or XML). More information: http://www.xmlsoft.org/xslt/xsltproc.html. Transform an XML file with a specific XSLT stylesheet: xsltproc --output {{path/to/output_file.html}} {{path/to/stylesheet_file.xslt}} {{path/to/file.xml}} Pass a value to a parameter in the stylesheet: xsltproc --output {{path/to/output_file.html}} --stringparam "{{name}}" "{{value}}" {{path/to/stylesheet_file.xslt}} {{path/to/xml_file.xml}}

yaa January 1, 1

yaa Create and manipulate YAA archives. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/1/yaa/. Create an archive from a directory: yaa archive -d {{path/to/directory}} -o {{path/to/output_file.yaa}} Create an archive from a file: yaa archive -i {{path/to/file}} -o {{path/to/output_file.yaa}} Extract an archive to the current directory: yaa extract -i {{path/to/archive_file.yaa}} List the contents of an archive: yaa list -i {{path/to/archive_file.yaa}} Create an archive with a specific compression algorithm: yaa archive -a {{algorithm}} -d {{path/to/directory}} -o {{path/to/output_file.yaa}}

yabai January 1, 1

yabai A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning. More information: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai. Set the layout to bsp: yabai -m config layout {{bsp}} Set the window gap to 10pt: yabai -m config window_gap {{10}} Enable opacity: yabai -m config window_opacity on Disable window shadow: yabai -m config window_shadow off Enable status bar: yabai -m config status_bar on