scriptingosx

#!/bin/bash

export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

installerBuildVersion() { # $1 path to the installer app
    installerApp=${1:?"no path for installer"}
    # echo "inspecting: $installerApp"

    if [[ -d "$installerApp" ]]; then
        identifier=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "print CFBundleIdentifier" "$installerApp/Contents/Info.plist")

scriptingosx

#!/bin/bash

export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

# checkusers
#
# written by Armin Briegel, Scripting OS X, 2018
#
# code is provided as is, with no guarantees that it will work etc.
# adapt and use as you will

scriptingosx

#!/bin/bash

export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

# allusers.sh
#
# written by Armin Briegel, Scripting OS X, 2018
#
# code is provided as is, with no guarantees that it will work etc.
# adapt and use as you will

scriptingosx

#!/bin/bash

# create an array from all images in the User Pictures subfolders

IFS=$'\n' read -rd '' -a pictures <<< "$(find '/Library/User Pictures/Fun' -name *.tif -print )"

# loop through all users

picIndex=0

scriptingosx

#!/bin/bash

##
## sets the desktop using `desktoppr`
##


# set the path to the desktop image file here
picturepath="/Library/Desktop Pictures/BoringBlueDesktop.png"

scriptingosx

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>com.scriptingosx.setdesktop</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>/usr/local/bin/desktoppr</string>
		<string>/Library/Desktop Pictures/BoringBlueDesktop.png</string>

scriptingosx

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>PayloadContent</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
			<string>Desktop</string>
			<key>PayloadEnabled</key>

scriptingosx

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>PayloadContent</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>PayloadDescription</key>
			<string>Empty Profile that controls nothing</string>
			<key>PayloadDisplayName</key>

scriptingosx

#!/bin/bash

export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

consoleUser() {
	python -c 'from SystemConfiguration import SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser; import sys; username = (SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser(None, None, None) or [None])[0]; username = [username,""][username in [u"loginwindow", None, u""]]; sys.stdout.write(username + "\n");'
}

displaydialog() { # $1: message
	message=${1:-"Message"}

scriptingosx

#!/bin/bash

# modify the system.preferences right
/usr/bin/security authorizationdb write system.preferences <<EndOfPlist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>allow-root</key>
	<true/>