Using a PowerShell script in PowerShell 6.x or newer, running on macOS, how do I programmatically determine the version number of macOS?
Edit: Maybe something like this answer, plus string-parsing?: https://stackoverflow.com/a/157784/2134110
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Why would you run, or even install PowerShell on a Mac please? It already has extremely competent shells and tools installed. – Mark Setchell Dec 30 '19 at 08:57
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I'm writing a systems inventory tool in PowerShell that is cross-platform with Windows. – Frank Lesniak Dec 30 '19 at 15:11
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I see, thanks for taking the time to reply. – Mark Setchell Dec 30 '19 at 15:21
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Easiest way:
sw_vers -productVersion
10.12.6
Or do something with
system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType -xml
like:
[xml]$xml = system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType -xml
$xml.plist.array.dict.array.dict.string -match 'macos'
macOS 10.12.6 (16G1510)
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1Nice! Thanks. If you want to amend your answer, this worked well for me: $versionMacOS = [version](sw_vers -productVersion) – Frank Lesniak Apr 28 '20 at 18:51