How To Get WiFi SSID With AppleScript

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How To Get WiFi SSID With AppleScript

Hello all, I would like to be able to get my current WiFi SSID set as an applescript variable

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jul 20, 2013 2:22 PM

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Answer 1

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arthur

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Jul 20, 2013 3:40 PM in response to RyanSiebecker

set mySSID to do shell script "/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resour ces/airport -I | awk '/ SSID/ {print substr($0, index($0, $2))}'"

display dialog "SSID = " & mySSID as string

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arthur

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Jul 20, 2013 6:20 PM in response to RyanSiebecker

Sorry, somehow it got garbled when I posted it. This should work:

set mySSID to do shell script "/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I | awk '/ SSID/ {print substr($0, index($0, $2))}'"

This will set the variable mySSID to the current SSID.

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Answer 3

Jul 20, 2013 3:50 PM in response to arthur

Thanks

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Answer 4

Jul 20, 2013 3:57 PM in response to arthur

This solved it but i just get a dialog saying "SSID = " It doesnt actually specify my SSID

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Answer 5

Jul 21, 2013 7:33 AM in response to arthur

This Works Perfectly. Thank You

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