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Listing all programs installed on Mac using Java

How can I list all the installed programs on Mac OS, date of installation and version using Java?

For example, on Windows I use wmic get product name, version, InstallDate.

Solution 
  • /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump

    or

    ls -hal /Applications/
grep -i CFBundleShortVersionString -A 1 /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/Info.plist