Shell script variable from .plist?

[nicklec]

Trying to automatically create a .plist to setup a system profile for 802.1x or at the very least grab these strings from a .plist - the command is working from command line but i'd like to store it in a variable to create my plist later...

 

Whats wrong with:

 

machineid='/usr/libexec/plistbuddy -c print :AD\ Computer\ Kerberos\ ID /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/ActiveDirectory.plist'

 

This just gives me the command as text so i'm assuming the syntax is wrong to call plistbuddy? Can I set this variable via plistbuddy somehow?

[Steve21]

Try putting it into "'s Otherwise you're asking it to print the entire line aren't you?

 

 

-c "print 'AD\ Computer\ Kerberos\ ID'" /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/ActiveDirectory.plist'  

 

Try:

 

usr/libexec/Plistbuddy \
-c "Print 'AD Computer Password'" \
/Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/ActiveDirectory.plist

 

Too if above doesn't work

 

Steve

[nicklec]

Arrr just realised I was using apostrophes and not 'back quotes', my troubleshooting script:

#!/bin/bash
machineid=`/usr/libexec/plistbuddy -c 'print :AD\ Computer\ Kerberos\ ID' '/Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/ActiveDirectory.plist'`
echo "$machineid"