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List all application versions

Published in: Bash 

URL: http://harnly.net/2007/blog/geek/macosx/list-all-application-versions/

List the current version and installation date of every application on a OS X system, using of Spotlight.

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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2. mdfind 'kMDItemKind == "Application"' | perl -ne 'chomp; print "\"$_\"\n" ' | xargs mdls -name kMDItemFSContentChangeDate -name kMDItemVersion -name k@MDItemDisplayName -name kMDItemPath | perl -pe 's/^\/.+/"-" x 20/e'

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