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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) How can I direct messages from mac console.app to a log file? Post 303038453 by Neo on Tuesday 3rd of September 2019 12:04:55 PM
Old 09-03-2019
Like your question before, you can (or should be able to) get this information more easily from the system profiler (than using log files):

Code:
system_profiler

See summary man page here:

https://www.unix.com/man-page/mojave/8/system_profiler/


Code:
root#  system_profiler -usage
Usage: system_profiler [-listDataTypes]
       system_profiler [-xml] [-timeout n] [-detailLevel n]
       system_profiler [-xml] [-timeout n] [dataType1 ... dataTypeN]

  -detailLevel n    specifies the level of detail for the report
                      mini = short report (contains no identifying or personal information)
                      basic = basic hardware and network information
                      full = all available information

  -listDataTypes    lists all the available datatypes

  -xml              generates xml output instead of plain text
                    if redirected to a file with the extension ".spx"
                    the file can be opened in System Profiler.app

  -timeout          specifies the maximum time to spend gathering information
                    the default is 180 seconds, 0 means no timeout

  Redirect stderr to /dev/null to suppress progress and error messages.

Examples:

  system_profiler
     Generates a text report with the standard detail level.

  system_profiler -detailLevel mini
     Generates a short report without identifying/personal information.

  system_profiler -listDataTypes
     Shows a list of the available data types.

  system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType SPNetworkDataType
     Generates a text report containing only software and network data.

  system_profiler -xml >MySystem.spx
     Creates a XML file which can be opened by System Profiler.app

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lr_xml2report

LR_XML2REPORT.IN(1)					  LogReport's Lire Documentation				       LR_XML2REPORT.IN(1)

NAME

       lr_xml2report - Format a XML report to the appropriate output format

SYNOPSIS

       lr_xml2report [options] [report_file] [output_file]

       lr_xml2report --version

       lr_xml2report --help [dlf-converters|output-formats|report-templates]

OPTIONS

       --help [section]
	   If no argument is given, prints usage information and exits. Argument can be one of the following:

	   dlf-converters
	       Prints the list of available DLF converters and exits.

	   output-formats
	       Prints the list of available output formats and exits.

	   report-templates
	       Prints the list of available report templates and exits.

       --output-format output format
	   Selects the ouput format in which to generate the report.

       --template name
	   Uses the report configuration template named name to merge the reports. This option is required when using the --merge option to merge
	   reports.

       --merge report_file
	   Merge report_file before formatting the report. This option can be used multiple times to merge more than two reports.

DESCRIPTION

       lr_xml2report converts the XML reports generated by Lire to various output format.

       The script could be run as e.g.

	lr_xml2report --output-format pdf --template print_default 
	  --merge report.2.xml --merge report.1.xmlreport.3.xml > report.pdf

       (in multiple XML input files mode) or as

       run lr_xml2report --output-format txt report.xml report.txt

       (in single XML input file mode).

SEE ALSO

       lr_log2mail(1), lr_log2report(1), lr_xml2mail(1), lire(1), lire(7), documentation in the Lire User Manual

AUTHORS

	 Joost van Baal <joostvb@logreport.org>
	 Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org>

VERSION

       $Id: lr_xml2report.in,v 1.24 2006/07/23 13:16:33 vanbaal Exp $

COPYRIGHT

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       This program is part of Lire.

       Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
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       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, check with
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