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shell script to remove old Mac wifi connections
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Shell script to remove old wifi connections from your Mac | |
| # save this as clean_wifi.sh | |
| # do a chmod +x clean_wifi.sh in terminal | |
| # run with a ./clean_wifi.sh | |
| echo "Fetching saved Wi-Fi networks..." | |
| # Ask for the Mac password once at the very beginning | |
| sudo -v | |
| # Fetch, clean, and pipe the list directly into the loop | |
| networksetup -listpreferredwirelessnetworks en0 | tail -n +2 | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//' | while IFS= read -r network; do | |
| # Skip any blank lines | |
| [ -z "$network" ] && continue | |
| # Prompt the user for y/n/q, reading directly from the keyboard | |
| read -p "Delete '$network'? (y/n/q): " choice </dev/tty | |
| # Allow the user to quit the script early | |
| if [[ "$choice" == [Qq]* ]]; then | |
| echo "Aborting early. Your remaining networks were untouched." | |
| break | |
| fi | |
| # Check if the user typed y or Y | |
| if [[ "$choice" == [Yy]* ]]; then | |
| sudo networksetup -removepreferredwirelessnetwork en0 "$network" >/dev/null 2>&1 | |
| echo " -> Removed!" | |
| else | |
| echo " -> Kept." | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| echo "Cleanup complete!" |
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