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Jamf Protect Command Line Tool

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Description

The Jamf Protect agent includes the protectctl tool, which allows you to execute certain Terminal commands on computers for Jamf Protect. All Jamf Protect CLI commands are in the following format: sudo protectctl <command> [options].

Command Line Options

See protectctl Command-Line Tool in the Jamf Protect Documentation for a list and description of available commands. Two commonly used commands include:

  • sudo protectctl checkin: forces the agent to check-in on the computer

  • sudo protectctl info --plain : prints information about the computer in plain text without tables

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