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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

09-03-2019

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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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NAME

       ideviceinstaller - Manage iDevice apps

SYNOPSIS

       ideviceinstaller [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       Allows to install, upgrade, uninstall, archive, restore and enumerate installed or archived apps on iDevices.

OPTIONS

   General options:
       -d, --debug
	      enable communication debugging.

       -U, --uuid UUID
	      target specific device by its 40-digit device UUID.

       -h, --help
	      prints usage information

   Commands:
       -l, --list-apps
	      list apps installed on the device.

	      Additional options:

	      -o list_user
		     list user apps only (apps installed by the user) This is the default.

	      -o list_system
		     list system apps only (apps available from the system firmware)

	      -o list_all
		     list all types of apps

	      -o xml print output in xml format (PList)

       -i, --install ARCHIVE
	      install app from a package file specified by ARCHIVE.

       -u, --uninstall APPID
	      uninstall app specified by APPID.

       -g, --upgrade APPID
	      upgrade app specified by APPID.

       -r, --restore APPID
	      restore archived app specified by APPID.

       -L, --list-archives
	      list archived applications on the device.

	      Additional options:

	      -o xml print output in xml format (PList)

       -a, --archive APPID
	      archive app specified by APPID.

	      Additional options:

	      -o uninstall
		     uninstall the package after making an archive

	      -o app_only
		     archive application data only

	      -o copy=PATH
		     copy the app archive to directory PATH when done

	      -o remove
		     only valid when copy=PATH is used: remove after copy

       -R, --remove-archive APPID
	      remove app archive specified by APPID.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Martin Szulecki.

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