system_profiler
Report system hardware and software configuration. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/system_profiler.html.
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Display a report with specific details level (mini [no personal information], basic or full):
system_profiler -detailLevel {{level}} -
Display a full system profiler report which can be opened by
System Profiler.app:
system_profiler -xml > MyReport.spx -
Display a hardware overview (Model, CPU, Memory, Serial, etc) and software data (System, Kernel, Name, Uptime, etc):
system_profiler SPHardwareDataType SPSoftwareDataType -
Print the system serial number:
system_profiler SPHardwareDataType|grep "Serial Number (system)" | awk '{ print $4 }'
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