Mac Bash Worklet to Copy Files to Users' Home Folders

The following bash script will retrieve a list of existing, normal users on a macOS device and copy the specified file(s) to the users' home folders. These can be added to a worklet for use with Automox.

Note: Be sure to modify the UHOME variable with the path to the Users folder, if different from "/Users".

Modify the _FILES variable with the full path to the file(s) you want to copy, including the filename(s).

#!/bin/bash

#Base home folder
UHOME="/Users"

#Path to files to be copied
_FILES="./test_file ./test_file2"

#Get a list of all normal users
_USERS="$(dscl . list /Users | grep -v '_')"

#Iterate through user list and file list and copy files
for u in $_USERS
do
        for f in $_FILES
        do
                _dir="${UHOME}/${u}"
                #check that the directory exists
                if [ -d "$_dir" ]
                then
                        /bin/cp -f "$f" "$_dir"
                        file_name=`basename ${f}`
                        #set permissions
                        chown $(id -un $u):$(id -gn $u) "$_dir/${file_name}"
                fi
        done
done