Script: Show item info?

[obi-k]

Hi,

I believe I used to set the "Show item info" preference with a Configuration Profile in the Finder payload. Or the old Global Plist payload.

Can't recall. It doesn't appear there anymore.

Is anybody using a script to check this off?

 

[YanW · Accepted solution]

try this 

#!/bin/bash

currentuser=`stat -f "%Su" /dev/console`

## Show Item Info On Desktop
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" /Users/$currentuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

#Restarts cfprefsd and Finder
killAll cfprefsd
killAll Finder

[YanW · Accepted solution]

try this 

#!/bin/bash

currentuser=`stat -f "%Su" /dev/console`

## Show Item Info On Desktop
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :DesktopViewSettings:IconViewSettings:showItemInfo true" /Users/$currentuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

#Restarts cfprefsd and Finder
killAll cfprefsd
killAll Finder

[obi-k]

Thanks again, @YanW. Really appreciate it.

Worked nicely.

[obi-k]

Curious, would you happen to know why this script is failing? Trying to "Show All filename extensions."  Swore this was a Config Profile before.

1) 

#!/bin/bash

sudo -u "$currentUser" defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

pkill -u "$currentUser" Finder

# defaults write /Users/"$currentUser"/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

exit 0

2) 

$ sudo -u "$currentUser" /usr/bin/defaults write
/Users/"$currentUser"/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

$ sudo killall Finder

 

[YanW · Accepted solution]

Mine is the same except no "" on $currentUser. I also added sleep 2 before killall Finder. Can't remember why I did that but works every time. 

#!/bin/sh
currentUser=$(ls -l /dev/console | awk '{print $3}')

sudo -u $currentUser /usr/bin/defaults write /Users/$currentUser/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist AppleShowAllExtensions -bool true

sleep 2

killall Finder

sleep 2

# Jamf Protect Insights check
protectctl checkin --insights

[obi-k]

That worked! Thanks again. Curious how you got better at scripting, but I guess that's a JNUC question or something I'd have to ask ya.