Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your COMMAND file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert COMMAND to another file type
To convert COMMAND scripts to another format, you need Apple Terminal or other Executable software.
Convert a file to COMMAND
To convert other file formats to the "Shell Script" file type, you need software like Apple Terminal or a similar tool.
About COMMAND files
The .command file extension is primarily used for macOS executable shell scripts. These files contain plain text commands written for Unix shells like bash or zsh and are executed directly by the macOS Terminal. A secondary use for the .command extension is as a Key commands preset file for Apple Logic Pro X, which relies on a standard ZIP container to store keyboard shortcut configurations. Opening a .command shell script typically requires an Apple operating system. The biggest disadvantage of this format is security: double-clicking the file executes the script immediately, which can be dangerous if the file comes from an untrusted source. Furthermore, these scripts do not run natively on Windows systems, which rely on BAT or CMD files. Logic Pro preset files face their own limitations, as they are proprietary and strictly locked to the Apple Logic ecosystem. Users often need to convert .command scripts to TXT, SH, or .ZSH to edit the code safely without triggering execution. For Windows compatibility, the script logic must be manually rewritten to a Windows batch script, as direct conversion is impossible due to operating system differences. Logic Pro files can be renamed to ZIP to extract the internal configurations. Because executing scripts blindly is a major security risk, handling these files requires caution. We can safely inspect the file's raw text or identify if it is a Logic Pro ZIP container, allowing you to view the internal contents without running dangerous code on your machine.
Convert.Guru analyzes your COMMAND file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert COMMAND file to EXE, MSI, APP, DMG, DEB, RPM, PKG, RUN, SH, BAT, CMD or COM, you can use Apple Terminal or similar software from the "macOS Script Execution" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert JAR, APP, SCR, IPA, COM, AAB, PS1, DMG, VBS, EXE, XAPK or MSI files to COMMAND, try Apple Terminal or another comparable tool in the "macOS Script Execution" category.
The COMMAND Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our COMMAND converter.