This script installs a .mobileprovision file via bash (no GUI session needed)

installMobileProvisionFile.sh

#!/bin/sh

# 2012 - Ben Clayton (benvium). Calvium Ltd
# Found at https://gist.github.com/2568707
#
# This script installs a .mobileprovision file without using Xcode. Unlike Xcode, it'll 
# work over SSH.
#
# Requires Mac OS X (I'm using 10.7 and Xcode 4.3.2)
#
# IMPORTANT NOTE: You need to download and install the mpParse executable from http://idevblog.info/mobileprovision-files-structure-and-reading
# and place it in the same folder as this script for this to work.
#
# Usage installMobileProvisionFile.sh path/to/foobar.mobileprovision

if [ ! $# == 1 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 (path/to/mobileprovision)"
exit
fi

mp=$1

uuid=`./mpParse -f ${mp} -o uuid`

echo "Found UUID $uuid"

output="~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/$uuid.mobileprovision"

echo "copying to $output.."
cp "${mp}" "$output"

echo "done"

use xcode's own PListBuddy instead:

uuid=`/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :Entitlements:application-identifier' /dev/stdin <<< $(security cms -D -i ${mp})_`

@bc3tech you need the UUID, not the application-identifier. Should be:

uuid=`/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :UUID' /dev/stdin <<< $(security cms -D -i ${mp})_`

Managed to do this on pure bash by using the following:

uuid=`echo $(security cms -D -i ${mp} | sed -n "/UUID/ s/.*<string>\(.*\)<\/string>.*/\1/p"`

Another "pure bash" option that handles the lowercase uuids:

uuid=`security cms -D -i  | grep -aA1 UUID | grep -o "[-a-zA-Z0-9]\{36\}"`

@dougmarcey Your proposal worked for me but the first portion of the command gives "cms: option requires an argument -- i" error.

I guess, you have forgotten to add $mp parameter. I modified the line as below,

uuid=`security cms -D -i ${mp} | grep -aA1 UUID | grep -o "[-a-zA-Z0-9]\{36\}"`

which works like a charm. 🙂 Thanks for the effort.

I had problems with the "~", but worked replacing with "$HOME".