Bash script to programatically change the network location on a mac. This can be used for example to switch to a network location with a SOCKs proxy. The proxy can be started before the last exit.

changeNetworkLocation.sh

#!/bin/bash

trap 'exit_with_reset; exit' SIGTERM SIGQUIT SIGINT SIGHUP

exit_with_reset()
{
  echo "Resetting network location"
	scselect "Automatic"
}

echo "Changing network location"
scselect "Name of my alternate location
sleep 10

echo "Do something else here if you want"

exit_with_reset