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I have found an excellent OS X pref pane that allows you to output log files or terminal commands/scripts onto the desktop in the background.

What I want to do is create a script that outputs the following...

  • Mac OS X Version and Build (As shown in the about this mac)
  • Current username
  • Current network ports and their associated IP addresses.
  • Current machine or hostname
  • Attached Volumes

So an example output would be

Mac OS X 10.5.5 Build 9F33
JonDoe
en0 192.168.0.1
en1 192.168.0.2
computer.local <or> computer.mydomain.com
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *111.8 Gi disk0
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 88.9 Gi disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data WINDOWS 22.6 Gi disk0s3

Could someone help or point me at the right commands and how to output it.

I know diskutil will show me the volumes etc but the rest I am unsure of.

Thanks in advance

2

so far I am thinking I need to run these commands....

id
ifconfig
hostname
uptime
networksetup -listallnetworkservices
diskutil list
softwareupdate -l

But I want to output them all on screen at once, do i need to pipe? them? also is there any way of either condensing the ifconfig output to just show device and ip or is there another command?

3

You might want to consider using just
df
instead of
diskutil list

df is a lot faster

Edit: Also, id producea a lot more output than you're looking for, whoami seem to fit the bill better.

You definately do not want to pipe these commands together, piping means sending the output of a command to another which would not be what you want.

What is the pref pane you're talking about?
Link to it and maybe I can take a stab at it.

4

What version of OS X and would this script be ran on the client OS or a server OS?

This can be done via ARD admin of course.

5

looks like he's talking about "geektool" pref pane.

various geektool related tutorials on lifehacker maybe of help.

6

yes thats right many thanks for your replies.

7

you also may want to look into the system_profiler command