Reset all iOS simulators with this one weird trick

resetAllSimulators.sh

osascript -e 'tell application "iOS Simulator" to quit'
osascript -e 'tell application "Simulator" to quit'
xcrun simctl erase all

pretty good, but what about this one liner without the variable: xcrun simctl list devices | grep -v '^[-=]' | cut -d "(" -f2 | cut -d ")" -f1 | xargs -I {} xcrun simctl erase "{}"?

pretty good, but what about this one liner without the variable: xcrun simctl list devices | grep -v '^[-=]' | cut -d "(" -f2 | cut -d ")" -f1 | xargs -I {} xcrun simctl erase "{}"?

Nice. I couldn’t figure out how to do it because I have not the shell fu.

Nice. I couldn’t figure out how to do it because I have not the shell fu.

Man, I just spent an hour or two putting something like this together. This is so much simpler.

Man, I just spent an hour or two putting something like this together. This is so much simpler.

sixstringtheory I'd like to quote this in my book; may I?

sixstringtheory I'd like to quote this in my book; may I?

This is awesome - thanks, @ZevEisenberg and @sixstringtheory

This is awesome - thanks, @ZevEisenberg and @sixstringtheory

I think it would be even better to pipe another grep like grep -v 'unavailable' after the first one. Otherwise the output will contain also unavailable devices that doesn't make sense to reset

I think it would be even better to pipe another grep like grep -v 'unavailable' after the first one. Otherwise the output will contain also unavailable devices that doesn't make sense to reset

That's so f'ing handy.

About the only way I can think of improving this is to make a wrapper simctl that normally calls the real …/Xcode.app/…/simctl, but when given simctl erase --all calls your code instead. ;-)

So… much cheers.

That's so f'ing handy.

About the only way I can think of improving this is to make a wrapper simctl that normally calls the real …/Xcode.app/…/simctl, but when given simctl erase --all calls your code instead. ;-)

So… much cheers.

Since Xcode 7 it is possible to do xcrun simctl erase all and combined with your osascript -e 'tell application "iOS Simulator" to quit' this is perfect for putting it inside the before integration trigger of a Xcode bot

Since Xcode 7 it is possible to do xcrun simctl erase all and combined with your osascript -e 'tell application "iOS Simulator" to quit' this is perfect for putting it inside the before integration trigger of a Xcode bot

Thanks, @Blackjacx! Updated with the new first-party method of doing this.

Thanks, @Blackjacx! Updated with the new first-party method of doing this.

Very useful, thanks!

Very useful, thanks!

Yay, thanks so much this is super useful/convenient for testing!

Yay, thanks so much this is super useful/convenient for testing!

In Xcode 9, you can use xcrun simctl shutdown all to shutdown the simulators.

In Xcode 9, you can use xcrun simctl shutdown all to shutdown the simulators.

Thank you so much
it worked

Thank you so much
it worked

the amount of disk this freed up is astounding, thanks

the amount of disk this freed up is astounding, thanks

hah, just found this again! like the updated version, so much cleaner!

hah, just found this again! like the updated version, so much cleaner!

I thought there was a problem with the database, turns out the simulator only needs resetting!

xcrun simctl erase all

I thought there was a problem with the database, turns out the simulator only needs resetting!

xcrun simctl erase all