A common task for those who manage devices is trying to get a list of things installed on a computer. Plenty of the things are apps. But increasingly there are extensions in apps that expand the functionality of those apps. This is nowhere more true than in web browsers, where it’s possible to intercept endpoints and manipulate text on the screen. Google Chrome stores extensions in /Users/<username>/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions. To see a list of all of the extensions in Google Chrome, the following find command can parse through the directory, read the manifest.json, and find the name field. It’s quoted such that it will skip those that also have short_name defined…
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