Mac OS X – How to Find Version from Terminal

command linemacosterminalversion

I know how to find Mac OS X version from GUI: Apple Menu (top left) > About This Mac

Is there a Terminal command that will tell me Mac OS X version?

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You have a few options:

sw_vers -productVersion 

system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType

Either will do what you need, and will have an output format that's parseable (if that's what you're after).

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Open New Terminal and Run Command from Command Line on Mac OS X

osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal"
    do script "echo hello"
end tell'

This opens a new terminal and executes the command "echo hello" inside it.

Macos – Opening a Finder window in terminal – Mac osx

You can immediately access the present working directory in the Finder by typing the following command in the Terminal:

open .

If you have just launched Terminal, typing this in the command line will immediately open your home directory, but you can be anywhere and it works the same. You can also specify directories to open from the terminal into the Finder, like so:

open /Applications/Utilities/

This opens your utilities app folder. Try it with just about anything.

From one of the top hits on Google for “open finder from the terminal.”

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Open New Terminal and Run Command from Command Line on Mac OS X

Macos – Opening a Finder window in terminal – Mac osx

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