Err, ignore that comment on lines 10 and 11 of the new script. If the script can't determine the shell, it exits right away and doesn't default to bash...

[ Reply to This | # ]

Hey folks,

Apple provided us with the "defaults" command to deal with property lists.
So, to read all key/value pairs in a very simple and effective way, you simply need

     defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment"

That said, the bash way suitable for 99 percent of all cases to include directly into .bashrc would read as follows (on a single line): defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment" | tr -d "{" | tr -d "}" | sed 's{\ =\ {={g' | tr ";" "\n" | grep "=" | while read -r OneLine; do eval export $OneLine; done

Cheers,

Thomas

[ Reply to This | # ]

Two small additions:

> the bash way suitable for 99 percent of all cases

That means, this will work unless key or value contain "{", "}", or ";" because they will be converted while parsing the property list.

> tr ";" "n"

Should read "\n". The backslash character "\" has been eaten by the form submission, so once again:

defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment" | tr -d "{" | tr -d "}" | sed 's{ = {={g' | tr ";" "\n" | grep "=" | while read -r OneLine; do eval export $OneLine; done

[ Reply to This | # ]