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pkgutil: List package IDs for all installed packages.
$ pkgutil --pkgs
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The command "pkgutil --pkgs" is used to display a list of all the installed packages on a macOS system.

When you run this command in the terminal, it triggers the "pkgutil" command-line tool, which is a built-in package management utility in macOS. The "--pkgs" flag is specified to instruct the tool to specifically list the packages.

The output of this command will be a list of package identifiers, each representing a different installed package on the system. These identifiers can be used to further interact with or manage the installed packages using other pkgutil commands or package management tools.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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