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OS X Command line tools to get Mac hardware information
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gistfile1.sh
# Use the command line to get Mac hardware info, like the serial number.
# Returns a paragraph of basic hardware information
system_profiler SPHardwareDataType
# Returns a sentence on the serial number:
# Serial Number (system): <number>
system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Serial Number"
# Returns just the serial number
ioreg -c "IOPlatformExpertDevice" | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ {print $4}'
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