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Created May 15, 2012 03:37
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Ruby script that fetches the UUID of the first iOS device plugged into your machine
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device_uuid.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
ioreg = `ioreg -w 0 -rc IOUSBDevice -k SupportsIPhoneOS`
device_uuid = ioreg[/"USB Serial Number" = "([0-9a-z]+)"/] && $1
if device_uuid
puts device_uuid
else
puts "No device detected."
exit 1
end
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