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Script to get the serial number of a Mac OS computer
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get-serial-number.exp
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
#
# Script to get the serial number of a Mac
#
set timeout 10
log_user 0
spawn /bin/sh -c "ioreg -rac IOPlatformExpertDevice | xpath 'plist/array/dict/key\[.=\"IOPlatformSerialNumber\"\]/following-sibling::*\[position()=1\]/text()' 2>/dev/null"
expect eof
set serial $expect_out(buffer)
puts $serial
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