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Using programs and commands that do not have a graphical user interface (GUI) but are rather controlled by typing text commands into a terminal program, or shell.

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How to read a nested key with 'defaults'

I can read preferences from a domain, and I can read a single key deep, for example: defaults read com.apple.Terminal "Window Settings" However, I cannot dereference a key deeper than depth=1 with th …
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How to read a nested key with 'defaults'

defaults doesn't do what you want. For that, you can use plutil - Property List Util. Read the man page fully to grok what it can do. I'll provide a starting point: To check out nested keys in Termina …
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