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by: David Brooks - Sun, 26 Mar 2023 21:49 UTC

On 26/03/2023 22:24, Steve Carroll wrote:
> On 2023-03-25, David Brooks <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>> On 25/03/2023 21:38, Apd wrote:
>>> "David Brooks" wrote:
>>>> On 25/03/2023 15:40, Apd wrote:
>>>>> 2) The machine has a unique identifier that's queryable by software.
>>>>
>>>> How can one tell?
>>>
>>> Write a program to query it:
>>> <https://github.com/jgoldschrafe/gethostuuid/blob/master/src/gethostuuid.c>
>>
>> Thanks. I wouldn't attempt to try to do that.
>
> If you want to view it along with other 'stuff', in the CLI:
>
> system_profiler SPHardwareDataType

That worked perfectly! :-D

Thank you for the guidance.

> If you want just the UUID number for some reason, pipe that to awk by adding:
>
> | awk '/UUID/ {print $3}'

I see:-

zsh: parse error near `|'

You'll no doubt know what's wrong!

> Focus on the tech, not your paranoia ;)

Understood.

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--
David

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Fwd: Myth or fact? What is YOUR opinion?	David Brooks