Use administrator privileges with Touch ID from ShellScript / Terminal

From Terminal (sudo)

Add line auth sufficient pam_tid.so to /etc/pam.d/sudo

$ cat /etc/pam.d/sudo
auth       sufficient     pam_tid.so
auth       sufficient     pam_smartcard.so
auth       required       pam_opendirectory.so
account    required       pam_permit.so
password   required       pam_deny.so
session    required       pam_permit.so

ex.

$ sudo su

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From ShellScript

Use osascript like followings..

osascript -e 'do shell script "Command or ShellScript" with administrator privileges'

ex.(using with heredocument)

$ osascript <<EOD
do shell script "whoami" with administrator privileges
EOD

Ref. Touch ID for administrator privileges

Changes in softwareupdate(8) (Catalina)

1.New feature fetch-full-installer

$ softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version  xx.xx.xx
Downloading and installing xx.xx.xx installer
Installing: 14.0%
...

2.Response Format (label title is Added)

$ softwareupdate -l
Software Update Tool

Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* Label: macOS 10.15 Update- 
    Title: macOS 10.15 Update, Version: , Size: 962326K, Recommended: YES, Action: restart,

ref. softwareupdate(8) in catalina

% softwareupdate
usage: softwareupdate  [ ...]

** Manage Updates:
 -l | --list  List all appropriate update labels (options:  --no-scan, --product-types)
 -d | --download  Download Only
 -e | --cancel-download  Cancel a download
 -i | --install  Install
   ... specific updates
  -a | --all  All appropriate updates
  -R | --restart  Automatically restart (or shut down) if required to complete installation.
  -r | --recommended Only recommended updates
 --fetch-full-installer  Install the latest macOS Installer
  --full-installer-version The version of macOS to install. Ex: --full-installer-version 10.15
 --background  Trigger a background scan and update operation
 --ignore  ... Ignore specific updates
 --reset-ignored  Clear all ignored updates

** Other Tools:
 --dump-state  Log the internal state of the SU daemon to /var/log/install.log
 --evaluate-products Evaluate a list of product keys specified by the --products option 
 --history  Show the install history.  By default, only displays updates installed by softwareupdate.  
 --all    Include all processes in history (including App installs) 

** Options:
 --no-scan  Do not scan when listing or installing updates (use available updates previously scanned)
 --product-types   Limit a scan to a particular product type only - ignoring all others
  Ex:  --product-types macOS  || --product-types macOS,Safari 
 --products  A comma-separated (no spaces) list of product keys to operate on. 
 --force   Force an operation to complete.  Use with --background to trigger a background scan regardless of "Automatically check" pref 

 --verbose  Enable verbose output
 --help   Print this help

ref2.

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$ sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.14.6
BuildVersion: 18G103

$ softwareupdate -l --include-config-data
Software Update Tool

Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
   * Safari13.0.3MojaveAuto-13.0.3
 Safari (13.0.3), 67268K [recommended]

$ sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.14.6
BuildVersion: 18G103

$ softwareupdate -l --include-config-data
Software Update Tool

Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
   * Security Update 2019-001-10.14.6
 Security Update 2019-001 (10.14.6), 1285122K [recommended] [restart]
   * XProtectPlistConfigData_10_14-2107
 XProtectPlistConfigData (2107), 68K [recommended]


——
% sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15
BuildVersion: 19A602

% softwareupdate -l --include-config-data
Software Update Tool

Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* Label: AppleKextExcludeList_10_15-15.1.1
 Title: Incompatible Kernel Extension Configuration Data, Version: 15.1.1, Size: 1028K, Recommended: YES,
* Label: macOS 10.15.1 Update-
 Title: macOS 10.15.1 Update, Version:  , Size: 4787879K, Recommended: YES, Action: restart,
* Label: XProtectPlistConfigData_10_15-2107
 Title: XProtectPlistConfigData, Version: 2107, Size: 68K, Recommended: YES,

% sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15.1
BuildVersion: 19B88

% softwareupdate -l --include-config-data
Software Update Tool

Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* Label: GatekeeperCompatibilityData-1.0
 Title: Gatekeeper Compatibility Data, Version: 1.0, Size: 7108K, Recommended: YES, 
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