Bloodwinter Clan

Posted: **Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:53 pm**

If I am writing a script to retrieve the serial numbers from 40 machines remotely using OpenBSD. Can you tell me the command that will give me the data so I can parse it into a MySQL database?

[on a MAC using OSX]

friend of mine needs the answer and I know some of you are PC masterminds and may know the answer.

Thanks in advance.

Posted: **Fri Jun 04, 2004 3:23 pm**

Nevermind: apparently this is the answer;

ioreg -c "IOPlatformExpertDevice" | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ {print $4}'

that returns the s/n

[confuses the heck out of me]

Posted: **Fri Jun 04, 2004 4:21 pm**

send them back (macs :huh:

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Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 7:34 am**

Macs are ok for db stuff but just that I really hate their incompatability with a lot of things tho. ><

Bloodwinter Clan

Question for all you PC Geeks/Programmers, etc.

Question for all you PC Geeks/Programmers, etc.