Make a folder into an ISO file on OSX

First off, you might be asking, "Why would I need to convert a folder into an ISO?"  Well, one of the easiest examples I can give is to be able to mount it within a VM as if it were a CD.  Whatever your reason for needing it, here is the simple terminal command to issue:

hdiutil makehybrid -o /path/to/file/being/created/image.iso /path/to/folder/to/be/converted -iso -joliet

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