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airport cli

A command line interface for AirPort wireless on macOS / OS X up to macOS Sonoma 14.4.

NOTE: Airport command line access is no longer available as of macOS Sonoma 14.4.

Usage

Usage:
  airport info [-l|--long]
  airport join <SSID>
  airport quality
  airport off
  airport on
  airport scan [<query>]
  airport ssid
  airport -h | --help | help
  airport --version

Subcommands:
  info     Print the current network SSID and quality. Use the -l or --long
           options to print detailed information.
  join     Join the specified network.
  quality  Show the wireless quality as a percentage.
  off      Turn wireless off.
  on       Turn wireless on.
  scan     Perform a scan for wireless networks.
  ssid     Print the current network's SSID.
  help     Display this help information.

Options:
  -h --help  Display this help information.
  --version  Display version information.

Installation

Homebrew

To install with Homebrew:

brew tap xwmx/taps
brew install airport

npm

To install with npm:

npm install --global airport-cli

bpkg

To install with bpkg:

bpkg install xwmx/airport

Manual

To install manually, simply add the airport script to your $PATH. If you already have a ~/bin directory, you can use the following command:

curl -L https://raw.github.com/xwmx/airport/master/airport \
  -o ~/bin/airport && chmod +x ~/bin/airport