diskutil

diskutil

Utility to manage local disks and volumes. Some subcommands such as partitiondisk have their own usage documentation. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/diskutil.8.html.

  • List all currently available disks, partitions and mounted volumes:

diskutil list

  • Repair the filesystem data structures of a volume:

diskutil repairVolume {{/dev/disk}}

  • Unmount a volume:

diskutil unmountDisk {{/dev/disk}}

  • Eject a CD/DVD (unmount first):

diskutil eject {{/dev/diskX}}

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internetsharing Set up Internet Sharing.
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lpstat Display status information about the current classes, jobs, and printers.
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screencapture Utility to take screenshots and screen recordings.
whatis Search a set of database files for short descriptions of system commands for keywords.
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wwand USB WWAN device configuration daemon.
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gwhich This command is an alias of GNU `which`.
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gsum This command is an alias of GNU `sum`.
coreauthd A system daemon providing the `LocalAuthentication` framework.
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gtimeout This command is an alias of GNU `timeout`.
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split Split a file into pieces.
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timed Service that synchronizes system time (e.g. using NTP).
gping This command is an alias of GNU `ping`.
xsltproc Transform XML with XSLT to produce output (usually HTML or XML).
drutil Interact with DVD burners.
gchroot This command is an alias of GNU `chroot`.
mktemp Create a temporary file or directory.
auvaltool AudioUnit validation tool for Mac.
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coreaudiod Service for Core Audio, Apple's audio system.
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afinfo Audio file metadata parser for OS X.
gexpr This command is an alias of GNU `expr`.
gping6 This command is an alias of GNU `ping6`.
lldb The LLVM Low-Level Debugger.
qlmanage QuickLook server tool.
aa This command is an alias of `yaa`.
gnumfmt This command is an alias of GNU `numfmt`.
gfgrep This command is an alias of GNU `fgrep`.
gupdatedb This command is an alias of GNU `updatedb`.
xctool Build Xcode projects.
uname Print details about the current machine and the operating system running on it.
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gdf This command is an alias of GNU `df`.
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wacaw Capture both still pictures and video from an attached camera.
mist MIST - macOS Installer Super Tool.
gsleep This command is an alias of GNU `sleep`.
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systemsoundserverd Core Audio related daemon.
shortcuts Manage shortcuts.
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mysides Add, list and remove finder favorites.
shuf Generate random permutations.
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gfold This command is an alias of GNU `fold`.
defaults Read and write macOS user configuration for applications.
top Display dynamic real-time information about running processes.
gsha1sum This command is an alias of GNU `sha1sum`.
textutil Manipulate text files of various formats.
chflags Change file or directory flags.
gdirname This command is an alias of GNU `dirname`.
codesign Create and manipulate code signatures for macOS.
gfmt This command is an alias of GNU `fmt`.
du Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and directory space usage.
darwin-rebuild Rebuild and switch to a Nix-based Darwin (macOS) system configuration.
gsha384sum This command is an alias of GNU `sha384sum`.
wps Assists AirPort in connecting to a network using Wireless Protected Setup.
gmkdir This command is an alias of GNU `mkdir`.
gtruncate This command is an alias of GNU `truncate`.
brightness Get and set the brightness level of all internal and certain external displays.
secd Controls access to and modification of keychain items.
notifyd Notification server.
dot_clean Merge ._* files with corresponding native files.
wifivelocityd XPC helper for performing system context actions for the WiFiVelocity framework.
sed Edit text in a scriptable manner.
gcat This command is an alias of GNU `cat`.
base64 Encode or decode file or `stdin` to/from base64, to `stdout` or another file.
spctl Manage the security assessment policy subsystem.
guptime This command is an alias of GNU `uptime`.
gtail This command is an alias of GNU `tail`.
gdd This command is an alias of GNU `dd`.
glocate This command is an alias of GNU `locate`.
pkgutil Query and manipulate Mac OS X Installer packages and receipts.
terminal-notifier Send macOS User Notifications.
herd-list List available commands in the Herd PHP platform.
fsck Check the integrity of a filesystem or repair it. The filesystem should be unmounted at the time the command is run.
gsync This command is an alias of GNU `sync`.
watchlistd Manage the Apple TV app's watch list.
xcrun Run or locate development tools and properties.
gkill This command is an alias of GNU `kill`.
lipo Handle Mach-O Universal Binaries.
dtrace A simple interface to invoke the D language compiler, retrieve buffered trace, and print traced data from the DTrace kernel facility.
gfactor This command is an alias of GNU `factor`.
gvdir This command is an alias of GNU `vdir`.
netstat Display network-related information such as open connections, open socket ports, etc.
greadlink This command is an alias of GNU `readlink`.
gtraceroute This command is an alias of GNU `traceroute`.
yabai A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning.
filecoordinationd Coordinates access to files by multiple processes (`NSFileCoordinator`, `NSFilePresenter`).
gb2sum This command is an alias of GNU `b2sum`.
photolibraryd This handles all photo library requests.
gpwd This command is an alias of GNU `pwd`.