Get the description of a Security OSStatus

osstatus.swift

#!/usr/bin/swift

import Foundation
import Security

guard CommandLine.arguments.count > 1 else {
    print("USAGE: osstatus [code]")
    exit(-1)
}

guard let code = OSStatus(CommandLine.arguments[1]) else {
    print("Not a valid status code.")
    exit(-1)
}

guard let description = SecCopyErrorMessageString(code, nil) else {
    print("Unknown error")
    exit(-1)
}

print(description)
exit(0)

macOS script to get the description of Security error codes.

Install

$ swiftc osstatus.swift
$ cp -f ./osstatus /usr/local/bin/osstatus

Usage

$ osstatus -25300
The specified item could not be found in the keychain.