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How to run an SPSS Statistics Production job from the command line on Macintosh without the need to start SPSS?

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How to run an SPSS Statistics v23.x production job from the command line on Macintosh OSX 10.10 Yosemite or higher without the need to start SPSS? On the help system topic: Help > Core System > Production jobs, you find the chapter, "Running production jobs from a command line" with the following text: "Command line switches allow you to schedule production jobs to run automatically at certain times by using scheduling utilities available on your operating system. The basic form of the command line argument is: stats filename.spj -production Depending on how you start the production job, you might need to include directory paths for the Statistics executable file (located in the directory in which the application is installed). Or possibly the production job file." On a Windows 64-bit operating system, you find the Statistics executable file (stats.exe) on the default path for the installation: C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS\Statistics\23 But you are unable to find the Statistics executable file on your installation on Macintosh. Where is this file located and how to run the production job from a command line on Macintosh?

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