Get the computer and display serial numbers for your Mac

inventory_serials.rb

require 'yaml'

data = YAML.load(`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType SPDisplaysDataType`)

puts "Computer serial number: " + data['Hardware']['Hardware Overview']['Serial Number (system)']

data['Graphics/Displays'].each do |video_card, properties|
  if properties['Displays']
    properties['Displays'].each do |display_name, properties|
      puts "#{display_name}: #{properties['Display Serial Number']}" if display_name =~ /Cinema/
    end
  end
end

Next step: webapp to submit this information to :)

Let's add that as fields to unicorn!

To run:

curl -s https://raw.github.com/gist/1369328/inventory_serials.rb | /usr/bin/env ruby

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