On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Chris Devers wrote:
> Use the 'system_profiler' command. Here's one way to do it:
>
> $ /usr/sbin/system_profiler -detailLevel 2 | grep 'Serial Number:'
> Serial Number: XB4091C1QES
> Serial Number: DBDL919610WL
> Serial Number: 3JS2XGS7
> $
>
> Note a couple of things though:
>
> * this command does a full system scan, so it's pretty slow
>
> * chances are you'll get more than one 'Serial Number:' line.
There turns out to be a better way to narrow this down. As a bonus, it
runs much faster, too:
$ system_profiler SPHardwareDataType
Hardware:
Hardware Overview:
Machine Model: Power Mac G5
CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 900 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.5f0
Serial Number: XB4091C1QES
$
So if you want to quickly & unambiguously get the machine's serial, do:
$ system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep 'Serial Number'
Serial Number: XB4091C1QES
$
That's much better than the other way :-)
To see type types of data you can narrow down to, do a
$ system_profiler -listDataTypes
You'll get around a dozen categories.
--
Chris Devers
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