Does anyone have a list of the preinstalled CLI Mac apps?
An example of those would be:
I’m looking for only the apps that come by default on any Mac.
Obligatory shoutout for my beloved Vim here!
But define what you’re counting as “apps” here… are we counting bash or zsh? coreutils? In general the “usual batch” of *NIX things should be there but I could not give you a good, comprehensive list of what that “usual batch” is.
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Vim works! But I have one question, are vim and Vi the same thing? But I’d say no to zsh because that’s the default shell now, right? Coreutils is also a no because you need to install that from Homebrew, right?
TL;DR: no
You’re right, coreutils wouldn’t count, I was referring to the grep/find etc utilities although I’m blanking on the name (BSD utilities?)
All of the utilities in these directories are, I believe, default:
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin
You can make a list of all of the commands in those directories if you, copy/paste this command in Terminal:
find /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin -type f -print 2>/dev/null \
| sort \
| open -t -f
which says “Find files (not directories) in those 4 directories and print them, ignoring errors, then sort the results, and open the results in a new document in your default text editor.”
Here’s my list. Note that the list is scrollable inside its own content box.
/bin/[
/bin/bash
/bin/cat
/bin/chmod
/bin/cp
/bin/csh
/bin/dash
/bin/date
/bin/dd
/bin/df
/bin/echo
/bin/ed
/bin/expr
/bin/hostname
/bin/kill
/bin/ksh
/bin/launchctl
/bin/link
/bin/ln
/bin/ls
/bin/mkdir
/bin/mv
/bin/pax
/bin/ps
/bin/pwd
/bin/rm
/bin/rmdir
/bin/sh
/bin/sleep
/bin/stty
/bin/sync
/bin/tcsh
/bin/test
/bin/unlink
/bin/wait4path
/bin/zsh
/sbin/apfs_unlockfv
/sbin/disklabel
/sbin/dmesg
/sbin/dynamic_pager
/sbin/emond
/sbin/fibreconfig
/sbin/fsck
/sbin/fsck_cs
/sbin/fstyp
/sbin/fstyp_hfs
/sbin/fstyp_msdos
/sbin/fstyp_ntfs
/sbin/fstyp_udf
/sbin/halt
/sbin/ifconfig
/sbin/kextload
/sbin/kextunload
/sbin/launchd
/sbin/md5
/sbin/mknod
/sbin/mount
/sbin/mount_9p
/sbin/mount_afp
/sbin/mount_devfs
/sbin/mount_fdesc
/sbin/mount_lifs
/sbin/mount_nfs
/sbin/mount_smbfs
/sbin/mount_webdav
/sbin/mpioutil
/sbin/nfsd
/sbin/nfsiod
/sbin/nologin
/sbin/pfctl
/sbin/ping
/sbin/ping6
/sbin/quotacheck
/sbin/reboot
/sbin/route
/sbin/shutdown
/sbin/umount
/usr/bin/AssetCacheLocatorUtil
/usr/bin/AssetCacheManagerUtil
/usr/bin/AssetCacheTetheratorUtil
/usr/bin/DeRez
/usr/bin/GetFileInfo
/usr/bin/IOAccelMemory
/usr/bin/IOMFB_FDR_Loader
/usr/bin/ResMerger
/usr/bin/Rez
/usr/bin/SafeEjectGPU
/usr/bin/SetFile
/usr/bin/SplitForks
/usr/bin/a2p
/usr/bin/aa
/usr/bin/actool
/usr/bin/addftinfo
/usr/bin/aea
/usr/bin/afclip
/usr/bin/afconvert
/usr/bin/afhash
/usr/bin/afida
/usr/bin/afinfo
/usr/bin/afktool
/usr/bin/afmtodit
/usr/bin/afplay
/usr/bin/afscexpand
/usr/bin/agentxtrap
/usr/bin/agvtool
/usr/bin/alias
/usr/bin/app-sso
/usr/bin/applesingle
/usr/bin/appletviewer
/usr/bin/apply
/usr/bin/apropos
/usr/bin/apt
/usr/bin/ar
/usr/bin/arch
/usr/bin/as
/usr/bin/asa
/usr/bin/assetutil
/usr/bin/at
/usr/bin/atos
/usr/bin/atq
/usr/bin/atrm
/usr/bin/atsutil
/usr/bin/automationmodetool
/usr/bin/automator
/usr/bin/auvaltool
/usr/bin/avbdiagnose
/usr/bin/avbutil
/usr/bin/avconvert
/usr/bin/avmediainfo
/usr/bin/avmetareadwrite
/usr/bin/awk
/usr/bin/banner
/usr/bin/base64
/usr/bin/basename
/usr/bin/bashbug
/usr/bin/batch
/usr/bin/bc
/usr/bin/bg
/usr/bin/biff
/usr/bin/binhex
/usr/bin/binhex.pl
/usr/bin/binhex5.18.pl
/usr/bin/binhex5.30.pl
/usr/bin/bioutil
/usr/bin/bison
/usr/bin/bitesize.d
/usr/bin/bputil
/usr/bin/brctl
/usr/bin/bsdtar
/usr/bin/bspatch
/usr/bin/bundle
/usr/bin/bundler
/usr/bin/bunzip2
/usr/bin/bzcat
/usr/bin/bzdiff
/usr/bin/bzegrep
/usr/bin/bzfgrep
/usr/bin/bzgrep
/usr/bin/bzip2
/usr/bin/bzip2recover
/usr/bin/bzmore
/usr/bin/c++
/usr/bin/c++filt
/usr/bin/c2ph
/usr/bin/c89
/usr/bin/c99
/usr/bin/caffeinate
/usr/bin/cal
/usr/bin/calendar
/usr/bin/cancel
/usr/bin/cap_mkdb
/usr/bin/cc
/usr/bin/cd
/usr/bin/certtool
/usr/bin/checknr
/usr/bin/chflags
/usr/bin/chfn
/usr/bin/chgrp
/usr/bin/chpass
/usr/bin/chsh
/usr/bin/cksum
/usr/bin/clang
/usr/bin/clang++
/usr/bin/clangd
/usr/bin/clear
/usr/bin/cmp
/usr/bin/cmpdylib
/usr/bin/codecctl
/usr/bin/codesign
/usr/bin/codesign_allocate
/usr/bin/col
/usr/bin/colcrt
/usr/bin/colldef
/usr/bin/colrm
/usr/bin/column
/usr/bin/comm
/usr/bin/command
/usr/bin/compress
/usr/bin/compression_tool
/usr/bin/config_data
/usr/bin/config_data5.30
/usr/bin/corelist
/usr/bin/corelist5.18
/usr/bin/corelist5.30
/usr/bin/cpan
/usr/bin/cpan2dist
/usr/bin/cpan5.18
/usr/bin/cpan5.30
/usr/bin/cpanp
/usr/bin/cpanp-run-perl
/usr/bin/cpio
/usr/bin/cpp
/usr/bin/cpu_profiler.d
/usr/bin/cpuctl
/usr/bin/cpuwalk.d
/usr/bin/crc32
/usr/bin/crc325.18
/usr/bin/crc325.30
/usr/bin/creatbyproc.d
/usr/bin/crlrefresh
/usr/bin/crontab
/usr/bin/csplit
/usr/bin/csreq
/usr/bin/csrutil
/usr/bin/ctags
/usr/bin/ctf_insert
/usr/bin/cu
/usr/bin/cups-config
/usr/bin/cupstestppd
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/curl-config
/usr/bin/cut
/usr/bin/dappprof
/usr/bin/dapptrace
/usr/bin/db_archive
/usr/bin/db_checkpoint
/usr/bin/db_codegen
/usr/bin/db_deadlock
/usr/bin/db_dump
/usr/bin/db_hotbackup
/usr/bin/db_load
/usr/bin/db_printlog
/usr/bin/db_recover
/usr/bin/db_stat
/usr/bin/db_upgrade
/usr/bin/db_verify
/usr/bin/dbicadmin
/usr/bin/dbicadmin5.18
/usr/bin/dbicadmin5.30
/usr/bin/dbilogstrip
/usr/bin/dbilogstrip5.18
/usr/bin/dbilogstrip5.30
/usr/bin/dbiprof
/usr/bin/dbiprof5.18
/usr/bin/dbiprof5.30
/usr/bin/dbiproxy
/usr/bin/dbiproxy5.18
/usr/bin/dbiproxy5.30
/usr/bin/dc
/usr/bin/debinhex.pl
/usr/bin/debinhex5.18.pl
/usr/bin/debinhex5.30.pl
/usr/bin/defaults
/usr/bin/delv
/usr/bin/demandoc
/usr/bin/derq
/usr/bin/desdp
/usr/bin/diagnose-fu
/usr/bin/diff
/usr/bin/diff3
/usr/bin/diffstat
/usr/bin/dig
/usr/bin/dirname
/usr/bin/dispqlen.d
/usr/bin/ditto
/usr/bin/dmc
/usr/bin/dns-sd
/usr/bin/drutil
/usr/bin/dscacheutil
/usr/bin/dscl
/usr/bin/dserr
/usr/bin/dsexport
/usr/bin/dsimport
/usr/bin/dsmemberutil
/usr/bin/dsymutil
/usr/bin/dtruss
/usr/bin/du
/usr/bin/dwarfdump
/usr/bin/dyld_info
/usr/bin/egrep
/usr/bin/enc2xs
/usr/bin/enc2xs5.18
/usr/bin/enc2xs5.30
/usr/bin/encguess
/usr/bin/encode_keychange
/usr/bin/env
/usr/bin/eqn
/usr/bin/erb
/usr/bin/errinfo
/usr/bin/execsnoop
/usr/bin/expand
/usr/bin/expect
/usr/bin/extcheck
/usr/bin/eyapp
/usr/bin/eyapp5.18
/usr/bin/eyapp5.30
/usr/bin/false
/usr/bin/fc
/usr/bin/fddist
/usr/bin/fdesetup
/usr/bin/fg
/usr/bin/fgrep
/usr/bin/file
/usr/bin/filebyproc.d
/usr/bin/fileproviderctl
/usr/bin/filtercalltree
/usr/bin/find
/usr/bin/find2perl
/usr/bin/findrule
/usr/bin/findrule5.18
/usr/bin/findrule5.30
/usr/bin/finger
/usr/bin/fixproc
/usr/bin/flex
/usr/bin/flex++
/usr/bin/fmt
/usr/bin/fold
/usr/bin/footprint
/usr/bin/format-sql
/usr/bin/format-sql5.18
/usr/bin/from
/usr/bin/fs_usage
/usr/bin/funzip
/usr/bin/fuser
/usr/bin/fwkdp
/usr/bin/fwkpfv
/usr/bin/g++
/usr/bin/gatherheaderdoc
/usr/bin/gcc
/usr/bin/gcore
/usr/bin/gcov
/usr/bin/gdiffmk
/usr/bin/gem
/usr/bin/gen_bridge_metadata
/usr/bin/gencat
/usr/bin/genstrings
/usr/bin/getconf
/usr/bin/getopt
/usr/bin/getopts
/usr/bin/git
/usr/bin/git-receive-pack
/usr/bin/git-shell
/usr/bin/git-upload-archive
/usr/bin/git-upload-pack
/usr/bin/gm4
/usr/bin/gnumake
/usr/bin/gperf
/usr/bin/grep
/usr/bin/grn
/usr/bin/grodvi
/usr/bin/groff
/usr/bin/groffer
/usr/bin/grog
/usr/bin/grolbp
/usr/bin/grolj4
/usr/bin/grops
/usr/bin/grotty
/usr/bin/groups
/usr/bin/gunzip
/usr/bin/gzcat
/usr/bin/gzexe
/usr/bin/gzip
/usr/bin/h2ph
/usr/bin/h2ph5.18
/usr/bin/h2ph5.30
/usr/bin/h2xs
/usr/bin/h2xs5.18
/usr/bin/h2xs5.30
/usr/bin/hash
/usr/bin/hdid
/usr/bin/hdiutil
/usr/bin/hdxml2manxml
/usr/bin/head
/usr/bin/headerdoc2html
/usr/bin/heap
/usr/bin/hexdump
/usr/bin/hidutil
/usr/bin/hiutil
/usr/bin/host
/usr/bin/hostinfo
/usr/bin/hotspot.d
/usr/bin/hpftodit
/usr/bin/hpmdiagnose
/usr/bin/htmltree
/usr/bin/htmltree5.18
/usr/bin/htmltree5.30
/usr/bin/ibtool
/usr/bin/iconutil
/usr/bin/iconv
/usr/bin/ictool
/usr/bin/id
/usr/bin/idlj
/usr/bin/imptrace
/usr/bin/indent
/usr/bin/indxbib
/usr/bin/info
/usr/bin/infocmp
/usr/bin/infokey
/usr/bin/install
/usr/bin/install-info
/usr/bin/install_name_tool
/usr/bin/instmodsh
/usr/bin/instmodsh5.18
/usr/bin/instmodsh5.30
/usr/bin/iofile.d
/usr/bin/iofileb.d
/usr/bin/iopattern
/usr/bin/iopending
/usr/bin/iosnoop
/usr/bin/iotop
/usr/bin/ip2cc
/usr/bin/ip2cc5.18
/usr/bin/ip2cc5.30
/usr/bin/ipcount
/usr/bin/ipcount5.18
/usr/bin/ipcount5.30
/usr/bin/ipcrm
/usr/bin/ipcs
/usr/bin/ippeveprinter
/usr/bin/ippfind
/usr/bin/ipptool
/usr/bin/iptab
/usr/bin/iptab5.18
/usr/bin/iptab5.30
/usr/bin/irb
/usr/bin/jar
/usr/bin/jarsigner
/usr/bin/java
/usr/bin/javac
/usr/bin/javadoc
/usr/bin/javah
/usr/bin/javap
/usr/bin/javapackager
/usr/bin/javaws
/usr/bin/jcmd
/usr/bin/jconsole
/usr/bin/jcontrol
/usr/bin/jdb
/usr/bin/jdeps
/usr/bin/jhat
/usr/bin/jhsdb
/usr/bin/jimage
/usr/bin/jinfo
/usr/bin/jjs
/usr/bin/jlink
/usr/bin/jmap
/usr/bin/jmc
/usr/bin/jobs
/usr/bin/join
/usr/bin/jot
/usr/bin/jpackage
/usr/bin/jps
/usr/bin/jrunscript
/usr/bin/jsadebugd
/usr/bin/jshell
/usr/bin/json_pp
/usr/bin/json_pp5.18
/usr/bin/json_pp5.30
/usr/bin/json_xs
/usr/bin/json_xs5.30
/usr/bin/jstack
/usr/bin/jstat
/usr/bin/jstatd
/usr/bin/jvisualvm
/usr/bin/kcc
/usr/bin/kdestroy
/usr/bin/kextutil
/usr/bin/keytool
/usr/bin/kgetcred
/usr/bin/kill.d
/usr/bin/killall
/usr/bin/kinit
/usr/bin/kmutil
/usr/bin/kpasswd
/usr/bin/krb5-config
/usr/bin/ktrace
/usr/bin/lam
/usr/bin/last
/usr/bin/lastcomm
/usr/bin/lastwords
/usr/bin/latency
/usr/bin/layerutil
/usr/bin/ld
/usr/bin/ldapcompare
/usr/bin/ldapdelete
/usr/bin/ldapexop
/usr/bin/ldapmodify
/usr/bin/ldapmodrdn
/usr/bin/ldappasswd
/usr/bin/ldapsearch
/usr/bin/ldapurl
/usr/bin/ldapwhoami
/usr/bin/leaks
/usr/bin/leave
/usr/bin/less
/usr/bin/lessecho
/usr/bin/lex
/usr/bin/libnetcfg
/usr/bin/libnetcfg5.18
/usr/bin/libnetcfg5.30
/usr/bin/libtool
/usr/bin/lipo
/usr/bin/lkbib
/usr/bin/lldb
/usr/bin/llvm-g++
/usr/bin/llvm-gcc
/usr/bin/loads.d
/usr/bin/locale
/usr/bin/localedef
/usr/bin/locate
/usr/bin/lockstat
/usr/bin/log
/usr/bin/logger
/usr/bin/login
/usr/bin/logname
/usr/bin/look
/usr/bin/lookbib
/usr/bin/lorder
/usr/bin/lp
/usr/bin/lpoptions
/usr/bin/lpq
/usr/bin/lpr
/usr/bin/lprm
/usr/bin/lpstat
/usr/bin/lsappinfo
/usr/bin/lsbom
/usr/bin/lskq
/usr/bin/lsm
/usr/bin/lsmp
/usr/bin/lsvfs
/usr/bin/lwp-download
/usr/bin/lwp-download5.18
/usr/bin/lwp-download5.30
/usr/bin/lwp-dump
/usr/bin/lwp-dump5.18
/usr/bin/lwp-dump5.30
/usr/bin/lwp-mirror
/usr/bin/lwp-mirror5.18
/usr/bin/lwp-mirror5.30
/usr/bin/lwp-request
/usr/bin/lwp-request5.18
/usr/bin/lwp-request5.30
/usr/bin/m4
/usr/bin/macbinary
/usr/bin/macerror
/usr/bin/macerror5.18
/usr/bin/macerror5.30
/usr/bin/machine
/usr/bin/mail
/usr/bin/mailx
/usr/bin/make
/usr/bin/makeinfo
/usr/bin/malloc_history
/usr/bin/man
/usr/bin/mandoc
/usr/bin/mandoc_soelim
/usr/bin/mcxquery
/usr/bin/mcxrefresh
/usr/bin/mddiagnose
/usr/bin/mdfind
/usr/bin/mdimport
/usr/bin/mdls
/usr/bin/mdutil
/usr/bin/memory_pressure
/usr/bin/mesg
/usr/bin/mg
/usr/bin/mib2c
/usr/bin/mib2c-update
/usr/bin/mig
/usr/bin/mkbom
/usr/bin/mkfifo
/usr/bin/mklocale
/usr/bin/mktemp
/usr/bin/mmroff
/usr/bin/mnthome
/usr/bin/moo-outdated
/usr/bin/moo-outdated5.18
/usr/bin/moose-outdated
/usr/bin/moose-outdated5.18
/usr/bin/moose-outdated5.30
/usr/bin/more
/usr/bin/mp2bug
/usr/bin/msgs
/usr/bin/native2ascii
/usr/bin/nbdst
/usr/bin/nc
/usr/bin/ncal
/usr/bin/ncctl
/usr/bin/ncurses5.4-config
/usr/bin/neqn
/usr/bin/net-server
/usr/bin/net-server5.18
/usr/bin/net-server5.30
/usr/bin/net-snmp-cert
/usr/bin/net-snmp-config
/usr/bin/net-snmp-create-v3-user
/usr/bin/nettop
/usr/bin/networkQuality
/usr/bin/newgrp
/usr/bin/newproc.d
/usr/bin/nfsstat
/usr/bin/nice
/usr/bin/nl
/usr/bin/nm
/usr/bin/nmedit
/usr/bin/nohup
/usr/bin/notifyutil
/usr/bin/nroff
/usr/bin/nscurl
/usr/bin/nslookup
/usr/bin/nsupdate
/usr/bin/objdump
/usr/bin/ocspcheck
/usr/bin/od
/usr/bin/odutil
/usr/bin/open
/usr/bin/opendiff
/usr/bin/opensnoop
/usr/bin/openssl
/usr/bin/orbd
/usr/bin/osacompile
/usr/bin/osadecompile
/usr/bin/osalang
/usr/bin/osascript
/usr/bin/otool
/usr/bin/pack200
/usr/bin/package-stash-conflicts
/usr/bin/package-stash-conflicts5.18
/usr/bin/package-stash-conflicts5.30
/usr/bin/pagesize
/usr/bin/pagestuff
/usr/bin/par.pl
/usr/bin/par5.30.pl
/usr/bin/parl
/usr/bin/parl5.30
/usr/bin/parldyn
/usr/bin/parldyn5.30
/usr/bin/passwd
/usr/bin/paste
/usr/bin/patch
/usr/bin/pathchk
/usr/bin/pathopens.d
/usr/bin/pbcopy
/usr/bin/pbpaste
/usr/bin/pcap-config
/usr/bin/pcsctest
/usr/bin/perl
/usr/bin/perl5.18
/usr/bin/perl5.30
/usr/bin/perlbug
/usr/bin/perlbug5.18
/usr/bin/perlbug5.30
/usr/bin/perldoc
/usr/bin/perldoc5.18
/usr/bin/perldoc5.30
/usr/bin/perlivp
/usr/bin/perlivp5.18
/usr/bin/perlivp5.30
/usr/bin/perlthanks
/usr/bin/perlthanks5.18
/usr/bin/perlthanks5.30
/usr/bin/pfbtops
/usr/bin/pgrep
/usr/bin/pic
/usr/bin/pico
/usr/bin/piconv
/usr/bin/piconv5.18
/usr/bin/piconv5.30
/usr/bin/pidpersec.d
/usr/bin/pip3
/usr/bin/pkgbuild
/usr/bin/pkill
/usr/bin/pl
/usr/bin/pl2pm
/usr/bin/pl2pm5.18
/usr/bin/pl2pm5.30
/usr/bin/plockstat
/usr/bin/pluginkit
/usr/bin/plutil
/usr/bin/pmset
/usr/bin/pod2html
/usr/bin/pod2html5.18
/usr/bin/pod2html5.30
/usr/bin/pod2latex
/usr/bin/pod2man
/usr/bin/pod2man5.18
/usr/bin/pod2man5.30
/usr/bin/pod2readme
/usr/bin/pod2readme5.18
/usr/bin/pod2readme5.30
/usr/bin/pod2text
/usr/bin/pod2text5.18
/usr/bin/pod2text5.30
/usr/bin/pod2usage
/usr/bin/pod2usage5.18
/usr/bin/pod2usage5.30
/usr/bin/podchecker
/usr/bin/podchecker5.18
/usr/bin/podchecker5.30
/usr/bin/podselect
/usr/bin/podselect5.18
/usr/bin/podselect5.30
/usr/bin/policytool
/usr/bin/post-grohtml
/usr/bin/power_report.sh
/usr/bin/powermetrics
/usr/bin/pp
/usr/bin/pp5.30
/usr/bin/ppdc
/usr/bin/ppdhtml
/usr/bin/ppdi
/usr/bin/ppdmerge
/usr/bin/ppdpo
/usr/bin/pr
/usr/bin/pre-grohtml
/usr/bin/priclass.d
/usr/bin/pridist.d
/usr/bin/printenv
/usr/bin/printf
/usr/bin/procsystime
/usr/bin/productbuild
/usr/bin/productsign
/usr/bin/profiles
/usr/bin/prove
/usr/bin/prove5.18
/usr/bin/prove5.30
/usr/bin/psed
/usr/bin/psm
/usr/bin/pstopdf
/usr/bin/pstruct
/usr/bin/ptar
/usr/bin/ptar5.18
/usr/bin/ptar5.30
/usr/bin/ptardiff
/usr/bin/ptardiff5.18
/usr/bin/ptardiff5.30
/usr/bin/ptargrep
/usr/bin/ptargrep5.18
/usr/bin/ptargrep5.30
/usr/bin/pwhich
/usr/bin/pwhich5.18
/usr/bin/pwpolicy
/usr/bin/python3
/usr/bin/quota
/usr/bin/rails
/usr/bin/rake
/usr/bin/ranlib
/usr/bin/rdoc
/usr/bin/read
/usr/bin/readlink
/usr/bin/refer
/usr/bin/renice
/usr/bin/resolveLinks
/usr/bin/rev
/usr/bin/ri
/usr/bin/rmic
/usr/bin/rmid
/usr/bin/rmiregistry
/usr/bin/rpcgen
/usr/bin/rs
/usr/bin/rsync
/usr/bin/ruby
/usr/bin/rwbypid.d
/usr/bin/rwbytype.d
/usr/bin/rwsnoop
/usr/bin/s2p
/usr/bin/sample
/usr/bin/sampleproc
/usr/bin/sandbox-exec
/usr/bin/say
/usr/bin/sc_usage
/usr/bin/scandeps.pl
/usr/bin/scandeps5.18.pl
/usr/bin/scandeps5.30.pl
/usr/bin/schemagen
/usr/bin/scp
/usr/bin/screen
/usr/bin/script
/usr/bin/sdef
/usr/bin/sdiff
/usr/bin/sdp
/usr/bin/security
/usr/bin/sed
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/usr/sbin/repquota
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/usr/sbin/syslogd
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/usr/sbin/systemkeychain
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/usr/sbin/systemstats
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/usr/sbin/vpnd
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/usr/sbin/wfsctl
/usr/sbin/xartutil
/usr/sbin/xscertadmin
/usr/sbin/zdump
/usr/sbin/zic
I do have the Xcode command-line tools installed, which might have added things. I’m not sure, but only Apple can add things to those directories since they are now protected by System Integrity Protection.
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I use vi often – any time I’m in the terminal and I need to make quick edits to a config file, text file or script; when I’ve ssh’d into a remote terminal and need to edit something…
It’s fast. I don’t know it deeply, but I know the commands I need with muscle memory.
I’ve tried nano and some of the others … but vim just does the trick for me. I guess I’m an old dog.
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hi tjluoma,
it may be instructive to include the filetype of symlink in the find args as there are numerous interesting tools linked to in these binary directories:
find /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin \( -type f -o -type l \)
as of macOS 12.4, there are 92 symlinks in the dirs:
# sw_vers
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 12.4
BuildVersion: 21F79