Command to get the service status of mac os

Question

Here is the command to get the service status of linux : service ${services} status. I want the code to get the service status of the mac os. Any help would be appreciable.

Answer 1

You only are able to list the services:

sudo launchctl list

Mix it with some grep and you have it.

sudo launchctl list | grep service <-- Here you put the service you're looking for

The output has the following meaning:

• First number is the PID of the process, if it's running, if it isn't running, it shows a '-'.
• Second number is the exit code of the process, if it has finished. If it's negative, it's the number of the kill signal.
• The third column ios the process name.