Anyone have a robust way to check (via a shell script) if Office 2011 is installed?

Thanks,


Rick

I just open the app folder and look.
Sorry.

Me too, Nuc. If there's a doubt, open one of the apps and see if it cooks. If it doesn't, it's not installed properly.

Try this command in the Terminal:


That will return "Yep" if the folder exists, and "Nope" if the folder doesn't exist. You can put something else in place of the echo commands, if you want.

This, of course, isn't foolproof. If a user moves the folder you'll get "Nope" even if the applications exist elsewhere on the computer. Similarly, if someone deletes all the applications from that folder, or if they just create an empty folder named "Microsoft Office 2011" inside the Applications folder, the command will return "Yep". These scenarios are unlikely but possible.

You're welcome. I accept PayPal donations. ;o)

JOSH!!!
Where ya been? You joined 3 years ago and now have 9 posts. Stop it dude.. yer killin me.

I'd say welcome aboard.. but you beat me to it...

That's not Josh. That's the JoshMeister, here to spin all the hits for you.

I was surprised to see a registration date of 07 and 9 posts. this was the first one I have seen.

Ditto.

Hope he posts more often.

Just wait for the "performed an illegal action" dialog.

That's not version-specific enough .