How to find out Mac OS X version from Terminal?

Question

I know how to find Mac OS X version from GUI: Apple Menu (top left) > About This Mac

Is there a Terminal command that will tell me Mac OS X version?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-23 17:10:34Z

up vote 32 down vote accepted

You have a few options:

sw_vers -productVersion 

system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType

Either will do what you need, and will have an output format that's parseable (if that's what you're after).

edited Apr 23 '12 at 17:10

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answered Nov 25 '09 at 14:13

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sw_vers is all I need. Thanks! :) – Željko Filipin Nov 25 '09 at 21:09

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