Mac OS X: completely delete geektool (Bash script)

Although geektool has many functions that are attractive to individual users, in our network environment, it may randomly cause Users unable to exit normally, so it is not suitable for network users. Although the installation package of geektool provides the deletion of its own program, it is an app. in the network environment, the administrator can copy the package to the target machine, run an apple script, and delete it, but it is a little troublesome, so based on your own experience, the following is a delete script, suitable for running all the machines in the network through ard to execute Unix commands, It is straightforward and quick.

 

#! /Bin/bash <br/> # revoke <br/> # Remove geektool <br/> # revoke <br/> sudo killall geektool <br/> If test-E/usr/libexec/plistbuddy; then <br/> ln-F/usr/libexec/plistbuddy/usr/sbin/plistbuddy <br/> else <br/> echo "No plistbuddy utility fo Und! "<Br/> Exit 1 <br/> fi <br/> sudo Rm-fr/library/preferencepanes/geektool. prefpane <br/> sudo Rm-fr/library/preferences/org. tynsoe. geektool. plist <br/> sudo Rm-fr ~ /Library/preferences/org. tynsoe. geektool. plist <br/> Index = 0 <br/> foundit = false <br/> while [$ index-lt 100]; DO <br/> geektoolapp = 'plistbuddy 2> & 1-c "Print: autolaunchedapplicationdictionary: $ Index"/library/preferences/loginwindow. plist | grep "does not exist" '<br/> If ["$ geektoolapp" = ""] <br/> then <br/> geektoolapp = 'plistbuddy-c "Print: autolaunchedapplicationdictionary: $ Index "/library/preferences/loginwindow. plist | grep "geektool" '<br/> If ["$ geektoolapp" = ""] <br/> then <br/> echo "not found... $ Index "<br/> else <br/> foundit = true <br/> echo" found and deleted geektool. APP entry '$ Index' "$ foundit <br/> plistbuddy-c" delete: autolaunchedapplicationdictionary: $ Index "/library/preferences/loginwindow. plist <br/> Break <br/> fi <br/> else <br/> # echo "reach the end of entry of loginwindow. plist "<br/> Break <br/> fi <br/> let Index = index + 1 <br/> done <br/> exit 0

 

Tony Liu

Fall 2009 in Calgary