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mas — Command-line interface for the Mac App Store. More information: <https://github.com/mas-cli/mas>.

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Problem

How to use the mas command: Command-line interface for the Mac App Store. More information: <https://github.com/mas-cli/mas>.

Solution

mas — Command-line interface for the Mac App Store. More information: <https://github.com/mas-cli/mas>.

Sign into the Mac App Store for the first time:

mas signin "{{user@example.com}}"

Show all installed applications and their product identifiers:

mas list

Search for an application, displaying the price alongside the results:

mas search "{{application}}" --price

Install or update an application using exact numeric id:

mas install {{numeric_product_id}}

Install the first application that would be returned by the respective search:

mas lucky "{{search_term}}"

List all outdated apps with pending updates:

mas outdated

Install all pending updates:

mas upgrade

Upgrade a specific application:

mas upgrade "{{numeric_product_id}}"

Code Snippets

Sign into the Mac App Store for the first time

mas signin "{{user@example.com}}"

Show all installed applications and their product identifiers

mas list

Search for an application, displaying the price alongside the results

mas search "{{application}}" --price

Install or update an application using exact numeric id

mas install {{numeric_product_id}}

Install the first application that would be returned by the respective search

mas lucky "{{search_term}}"

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tldr-pages: osx/mas

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