CoreLocationCLI

Get the physical location of your macOS device and print it to stdout.

Gets the physical location of your device and prints it to standard output. Kill it with CTRL-C.

Note: Make sure Wi-Fi is turned on, otherwise you will see kCLErrorDomain error 0.

Usage

bash

CoreLocationCLI --help
CoreLocationCLI --version
CoreLocationCLI [--watch] [--verbose] [--format FORMAT]
CoreLocationCLI [--watch] [--verbose] --json

Switch	Description
-h, --help	Display help message and exit
--version	Display the program version
-w, --watch	Continually print location updates
-v, --verbose	Show debugging output
-f, --format	Print a string with the specified substitutions
-j, --json	Print a JSON object with all available information

Format Specifiers

Location: %latitude %longitude %altitude %direction %speed %h_accuracy %v_accuracy %time

Reverse geocoding: %address %name %isoCountryCode %country %postalCode %administrativeArea %subAdministrativeArea %locality %subLocality %thoroughfare %subThoroughfare %region %timeZone %time_local

Default format: %latitude %longitude

Examples

bash

CoreLocationCLI
# 50.943829 6.941043

CoreLocationCLI --format "%latitude %longitude\n%address"
# 50.943829 6.941043
# Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 21
#  Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia 50672
#  Germany

CoreLocationCLI --json
# {"latitude":"40.141196","longitude":"-75.034815","altitude":"92.00",...}

Installation

bash

brew install cask corelocationcli

Gatekeeper

First run may be blocked by macOS Gatekeeper. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Security to approve.