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Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities

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700 points yen223 | 3 comments | 06 Nov 24 05:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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semanticist ◴[06 Nov 24 08:44 UTC] No.42058160[source]▶
Want to scan the local wifi networks from the command line, and get useful information like signal strength?

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport -s

I set a shell alias so I can just do `airport -s`. I've no idea why this is hidden away inside some framework and not in a directory which is in the normal path, but there you go.

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1. stunthamsterio ◴[06 Nov 24 09:03 UTC] No.42058307[source]▶
FWIW that appears to be soon deprecated according to MacOS 15.2:

WARNING: The airport command line tool is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. For diagnosing Wi-Fi related issues, use the Wireless Diagnostics app or wdutil command line tool.

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2. semanticist ◴[06 Nov 24 10:13 UTC] No.42059254[source]▶
Oh, that's a pity. I'm pretty bad at keeping up to date on MacOS releases, but I should probably start figuring out `wdutil` so that my muscle memory is adapted before I've got no choice!
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3. WorldPeas ◴[06 Nov 24 20:19 UTC] No.42068704[source]▶
is there a way to do monitor mode scanning with wdutil like the `airport -s` command? asking for a friend...