How do I find the Google Chrome Installation Directory/Path using the command line?
Is Google Chrome always installed to the default path, the "/Applications/" folder?
I have tried the following commands. Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong?
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locate "*Chrome.app"
When i used this command it only search the DB entries of installed software.
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find / -type d -name "*Chrome.app"
Lists all the files on the system.
How can I find only Google Chrome’s path using this command, or is there another way?
Best Answer
You can query for this kind of information using the Launch Services database to dump a list of all registered apps, then
grep
for the one you want (in this case Google Chrome), for example (using Mountain Lion 10.8.4):gives me the output: