Re^4: Get macOS Version

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Re^5: Get macOS Version by 1nickt (Canon) on Oct 25, 2018 at 15:01 UTC
Well, as long as you are shelling out with a `system` call, there is probably a native MacOS program to tell you the OS version ... I just always think of Perl solutions :-) Update: `sw_vers -productVersion` seems to be the needed utility: `$ perl -E'say qx/sw_vers -productVersion/' 10.12.6` [download] Note that this is a different value than that shown by using Config! `$ perl -MConfig -E'say $Config{osvers}' 16.7.0` [download] The latter appears to be the macOS build version, in fact, and can be different from the time Perl was built to the present: `$ perl -E'say qx/sw_vers -buildVersion/' 16G1510` [download] Hope this helps! The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^5: Get macOS Version
by 1nickt (Canon) on Oct 25, 2018 at 15:01 UTC

Well, as long as you are shelling out with a system call, there is probably a native MacOS program to tell you the OS version ... I just always think of Perl solutions :-)

Update: sw_vers -productVersion seems to be the needed utility:

$ perl -E'say qx/sw_vers -productVersion/'
10.12.6
[download]

Config

$ perl -MConfig -E'say $Config{osvers}'
16.7.0
[download]

$ perl -E'say qx/sw_vers -buildVersion/'
16G1510
[download]

Hope this helps!

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