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CLIX Features

A representative list of over 5,745 CLIX commands.

Global Settings

  • Beep Feedback - turn it on, off, read the current setting.
  • Color Variant - set to Aqua, graphite, read the current setting.
  • Scroll Bar - set to single, double both, double max, double min, read the current setting.

Address Book

  • Debug Menu - turn it on, off, read the current setting.


The new 'apropos/manpage' feature. Click in the lower left, enter your search key, hit Enter. Or option double click a word in the 'Command Line' field. Or cmd double click a word to get 'apropos' information. Can also be used to trigger ManOpen.

Clean

  • Clean .DS_Store files.
  • Clean .localized files.
  • Clean .MCXLC files.
  • Clean Interface Builder, Project Builder, Xcode preferences.
  • Clean caches.
  • Clean Calculator files.
  • Clean Camino files.
  • Clean CUPS files.
  • Clean Desktop files.
  • Clean DVD scripts.
  • Clean file panel preferences, read current settings.
  • Clean finder preferences.
  • Clean Full Circle files
  • Clean icon caches.
  • Clean launch services caches.
  • Clean log files.
  • Clean Mail files.
  • Clean preference panes caches.
  • Clean receipts.
  • Clean recent folders, read current settings.
  • Clean Safari files.
  • Clean temporary files.

Developer

  • Show default GCC specs.
  • Show default GCC version info.

Disk

  • Check a RAID set for errors.
  • Show free disk space.
  • Show fixed disk info.
  • Show disk usage statistics.
  • Enable, disable disk journaling.
  • Verify, repair volume structures.
  • Verify, repair volume permissions.
  • Get information on boot volume.
  • Show mounted drive info.

DiskCopy

  • Expert Mode - turn it on, off, read the current setting.

Dock

  • Autohide - turn it on, off, read the current setting.
  • Launch Animation - turn it on, off, read the current setting.
  • Magnification - turn it on, off, read the current setting.
  • Mineffect - use Genie, Scale, Suck, the default, read the current setting.
  • Orientation - put dock at bottom, left, right top, read the current setting.
  • Show persistent apps.
  • Pinning - pin the dock at the start, middle, end, read the current setting.
  • QuitFinder - show/hide Quit menu item for Finder in Dock, read the current setting.
  • Shadow - show/hide shadow in Dock, read the current setting.
  • Show All Files - show/hide all files in Dock, read the current setting.
  • Show Hidden - show/hide hidden files in Dock, read the current setting.

DVD Player

  • Debug Menu - enable, disable, read the current setting.

Finder

  • Animate Info Panes - enable, disable, read the current setting.
  • Animate Window Zoom - enable, disable, read the current setting.
  • Finder Quit - show/hide Quit menu item, read the current setting.
  • Maximum Label Lines - set to 1, 2, 3, the default, read the current setting.
  • Show All Files - show/hide all files, read the current setting.
  • Zoom Rects - enable, disable, read the current setting.

Lists

  • List all .DS_Store files in home directory.
  • List all .DS_Store files on hard drive.
  • List all .app packages in home directory.
  • List all .app packages on hard drive.
  • List contents of backups directory.
  • List contents of cron directory.
  • List contents of etc directory.
  • List file types in /bin.
  • List file types in /sbin.
  • List file types in standard system directories.
  • List file types in /usr/bin.
  • List frameworks in home directory.
  • List frameworks at root.
  • List all library directories.
  • List lsof version info.
  • List contents of NetInfo directory.
  • List all NIBs in home directory.
  • List all NIBs on hard drive.
  • List open files.
  • List contents of openldap directory.
  • List open network files.
  • List open Unix domain sockets.
  • List fixed disk partitions.
  • List all plists in home directory.
  • List all plists on hard drive.
  • List all preferences directories.
  • List contents of private directory.
  • List contents of root home directory.
  • List contents of samba directory.
  • List screen savers in home directory.
  • List screen savers on hard drive.
  • List set IDs in standard system directories.
  • List set gids in /bin.
  • List set gids in /sbin.
  • List set gids in standard system directories.
  • List set gids in /usr/bin.
  • List set uids in /bin.
  • List set uids in /sbin.
  • List set uids in standard system directories.
  • List set uids in /usr/bin.
  • List contents of spool directory.
  • List contents of sudo directory.
  • List symlinks in /sbin.
  • List symlinks in /usr/bin.
  • List contents of temporary directory.
  • List contents of .Trash directory.
  • List contents of .Trashes directory.
  • List contents of var directory.
  • List contents of vm directory.

Log

  • View CUPS access log.
  • View CUPS error log.
  • View daily.out log.
  • View console log.
  • View monthly.out log.
  • View system log.
  • View weekly.out log.
  • View NetInfo log.

Lproj

  • Remove unnecessary lproj files for any language.

Network

  • Curl Apple front page.
  • Curl Rixstep front page.
  • Flush lookup daemon cache.
  • Ping root-servers.
  • Show configuration for AFP over TCP.
  • Show current Samba connections.
  • Show lookup daemon status.
  • Show network I/O in realtime.
  • Show network status of routing tables.
  • Show network status per process.
  • Show show number of dropped packets.
  • Show protocol cloned routing statistics.
  • Show NFS status.
  • Show TCP and UDP statistics.
  • Turn .DS_Stores in network on and off.

Process

  • Show process status.
  • Show system usage statistics.

Purge

  • Purge .DS_Store files.
  • Purge .localized files.
  • Purge .MCXLC files.
  • Purge Interface Builder, Project Builder, Xcode preferences.
  • Purge caches.
  • Purge Calculator files.
  • Purge Camino files.
  • Purge CUPS files.
  • Purge Desktop files.
  • Purge DVD scripts.
  • Purge file panel preferences, read current settings.
  • Purge finder preferences.
  • Purge Full Circle files
  • Purge icon caches.
  • Purge launch services caches.
  • Purge log files.
  • Purge Mail files.
  • Purge preference panes caches.
  • Purge receipts.
  • Purge recent folders, read current settings.
  • Purge Safari files.
  • Purge temporary files.

Quartz

  • Show Quartz drawing views and windows.
  • Show all Quartz calculations and drawing.

Safari

  • Anti-aliasing, smooth fonts - set values high, low, restore defaults, read the current settings.
  • IE Favorites Imported - set on, off, read the current setting.
  • Include Debug Menu - enable, disable, read the current setting.
  • Netscape/Mozilla Favorites Imported - set on, off, read the current setting.

Security

  • Audit entire file system for potential security leaks.
  • Show effective group ID of current user.
  • Show effective group ID of root.
  • Show effective group of current user.
  • Show effective group of root.
  • Show effective UID of current user.
  • Show effective UID of root.
  • Show effective user of current user.
  • Show effective user of root.
  • Show all file systems compiled into the running kernel.
  • Show all file systems compiled into the running system.
  • List file types in all bin directories, including zipped files.
  • List file types in /bin, including zipped files.
  • List file types in /sbin, including zipped files.
  • List file types in /usr/bin, including zipped files.
  • List file types in /usr/sbin, including zipped files.
  • Find block files.
  • Find character files.
  • Find empty directories.
  • Find empty files.
  • Find FIFOs.
  • Find SGID files.
  • Find sockets.
  • Find SUID root files.
  • Find SUIDs.
  • Find SxID files.
  • Find symlinks.
  • Find world-writable files.
  • Show groups of current user.
  • Show GIDs of current user.
  • Show groups of root.
  • Show GIDs of root.
  • Show current user and all groups.
  • Show root user ID and all groups.
  • List SGIDs in all bin directories.
  • List SGIDs in /bin.
  • List SGIDs in /sbin.
  • List SGIDs in /usr/bin.
  • List SGIDs in /usr/sbin.
  • Set sudo timestamp to epoch.
  • List allowed and forbidden sudo commands.
  • Remove sudo timestamp.
  • Remove all TTY-specific timestamps.
  • List SUIDs in all bin directories.
  • List SUIDs in /bin.
  • List SUIDs in /sbin.
  • List SUIDs in /usr/bin.
  • List SUIDs in /usr/sbin.
  • List SxIDs in all bin directories, including zipped files.
  • List SxIDs in /bin, including zipped files.
  • List SxIDs in /sbin, including zipped files.
  • List SxIDs in /usr/bin, including zipped files.
  • List SxIDs in /usr/sbin, including zipped files.
  • List symlinks in all bin directories.
  • List symlinks in /bin.
  • List symlinks in /sbin.
  • List symlinks in /usr/bin.
  • List symlinks in /usr/sbin.
  • Show system activity in utmp.
  • Show system activity in wtmp.
  • View contents of app_profile directory.
  • View app_profile data for current user and root.
  • View app_profile names for current user and root.
  • View authorization file.
  • View list of users disallowed FTP access.
  • View single user mode group database.
  • View single user mode hosts cache.
  • View hostconfig file.
  • View magic file.
  • View master.passwd file.

System

  • Show local date and time.
  • Show local and UTC date and time.
  • Show UTC date and time.
  • Show all defaults.
  • Show global defaults.
  • Show launch services defaults.
  • Show number of active CPUs.
  • Show presence of Altivec.
  • Show root defaults.
  • Show user defaults.
  • Show system message buffer.
  • Show file status.
  • Show name of current host system.
  • Dump entire I/O Kit registry to disk and open in text editor.
  • Purge intermediate dump file.
  • Show I/O Kit registry with busy state and retain count.
  • Show I/O Kit registry.
  • Show I/O statistics.
  • Show status of kernel extensions.
  • Show available devices and drivers.
  • Show CUPS status information.
  • Show machine type.
  • Show command path.
  • Run all periodic functions.
  • Run daily periodic function.
  • Run monthly periodic function.
  • Run weekly periodic function.
  • Show info on open files.
  • Show info on terminals.
  • Show info on active vnodes.
  • View environment variables.
  • Flush file caches to disk.
  • Show system and build versions.
  • Get kernel state.
  • Show hardware statistics.
  • Show kernel statistics.
  • Show network statistics.
  • Read system logs.
  • Show timeslicing quantum (microseconds).
  • Show table of terminfo entries.
  • Show operating system name.
  • Show how long system has been running.
  • Show name and uid for current user.
  • Show NetInfo dump file.
  • View contents of root hidden file.
  • View SystemConfiguration preferences.
  • Show MACH virtual memory statistics.
  • Show who's logged in
  • Show effective user ID.
  • Print nvram variables.
  • View list of Internet protocols.
  • View list of well known port numbers.
  • View list of accepted shells as used by chpass.
  • View Samba configuration file.
  • View sudoers file.
  • View syslog configuration file.
  • View multiuser startup script.

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