Is it possible to query the current user’s Apple ID from the command line

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Is it possible to query the current user's Apple ID from the command line? I want to create an AppleScript (run-only) app that will run only for a specific user (or at least for a user signed in with a specific AppleID), but I can't find any command (or third-party utility) that will do this.

Does something like this exist?

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The currently logged in Apple IDs for iCloud are stored in the MobileMeAccounts preferences. You can query the entire store with:

defaults read MobileMeAccounts Accounts

To return just the first account ID (an email address nowadays):

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "print :Accounts:0:AccountID" ~/Library/Preferences/MobileMeAccounts.plist

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