Script Commands for macOS Devices

Changes the current directory.

Example

To change to the Chocolate directory:

cd Chocolate

Copies one or more files to another location.

On Windows Mobile/CE and Desktop Classic devices, you can copy files between desktop computers and mobile devices.

On Android devices, you can only copy files locally.

Example

To copy all files with the extension .txt from the C:\ to the temp directory on the device:

C:\tempt\*.txt 1:\temp

Deletes one or more files.

Example

To delete example.txt in the current directory:

del example.txt

To delete all files with the extension .tmp in the current directory and its subfolders:

del *.tmp

Installs an application on the device.

Where appInstallerPath is the full path to the application installation file on the device

Example

To install the Team Viewer app whose installer is located on the desktop:

install "users/jsmith/Desktop/Team Viewer.pkg"

Terminates a process that is currently running on the device.

Example

To terminate the pword.exe process on the device:

kill pword.exe

Sends a customs message to the SOTI MobiControl deployment server from the device. This message appears in the Logs tab of the Device Information panel in the SOTI MobiControl console.

Where type is the type of the associated message and the options are:

• -e for Error
• -w for Warning
• -i for Information

Example

To send a notification to the SOTI MobiControl console at certain intervals during a software push:

log -i "Starting Software Push"

Creates a new directory.

Example

To create a directory named "test" from the current directory:

mkdir test

To create test\test1\test2\test3 recursively:

mkdir test \test1 \test2 \test3

Moves a file from specified source location to specified destination location.

Example

To move the file test.bat:

move test.bat 2:\

move test.bat 2:\test.bat

To move and rename a file at the same time:

move 1:\test.bat 2:\test2.cmd

To move folder to root folder:

move Mars /

Renames a file or folder.

Example

To rename the file test.txt to test.bak:

rename test.txt test.bak

Performs a soft or hard reset of the device.

Where

• /S soft resets the device. Any desktop remote control sessions will also be terminated.
• /delay specifies a delay (in minutes) before executing the reset. If no delay is set, reset occurs immediately.

Example

To soft reset a device in 3 minutes:

reset /S 3

Deletes a directory.

Where /S removes any subdirectories

On Android Plus and Linux devices, this command requires the /S option and will delete the specified item whether it is a directory or a file.

Example

To remove an empty directory named "test" from the current directory:

rmdir test

To remove a directory named "test" and all of its contents from the current directory:

rmdir /S test

To provide location:

rmdir /sdcard/Download/test

Sets the date and time.

Where date is in the following format: mm-dd-yyy and time is in the following format: HH:MM:SS

Example

To set the date and time of the device

setdate 08-20-2016 13:32:00

Launches the registered application for the given file extension.

Where

• -verb is the action you want the shell to execute

Example

To launch the registered application for the given file extension:

shellexecute 1:\temp\temp.upg -open

Displays a message box on the device screen.

Where

• message is the message displayed in the message box. Use quotation marks (" ") if there are spaces in the message.
• timer is the number of seconds until the message box disappears automatically. If you omit a timer value or add the keyword NO_TIMER, the message box will persist until the device user dismisses it.
• type is type of of message box. Options are:
  • 1 displays an information window with an OK button
  • 2 displays a question window with Yes and No buttons
  • 3 displays a warning window with an OK button
  • 4 displays a question window with OK and Cancel buttons
  • 5 displays an error window with an OK button

Example

To show a simple message:

showmessagebox "This is a test message"

To provide device information using a macro:

showmessagebox "Your device's IP address is %IP%"

To set a 3 second timer to your message:

showmessagebox "This is a test message with a 3 second timer" 3

To add YES and NO buttons to your message box with no timer

showmessagebox "This is a test message with Yes/No button and no timer" NO_TIMER 2

Initiates sleep mode on the device for a set period. Only use this command in scripts.

Where length is in seconds

Example

To set the device to sleep for 5 seconds:

sleep 5

Allows for multi-line macOS scripts by informing the device agent where a script starts.

Allows for multi-line macOS scripts by informing the device agent where a script ends.

Saves or deletes specified settings on a device.

See The writeprivateprofstring Command for more information.