Parsing mobileprovision files in bash?

Question

I am tying building a php/bash/mysql system for automating adhoc distribution for iPhone apps. But I want to read the application-identifier key in mobileprovision file of p

Answer 1

If you want to extract the plist from the mobileprovision in a proper way and not rely on grepping/sedding/etc., you can use OpenSSL as follow:

openssl smime -inform der -verify -noverify -in file.mobileprovision

A complete example in your case could be:

openssl smime -inform der -verify -noverify -in file.mobileprovision > tmp.plist
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :Entitlements:application-identifier' tmp.plist

The OpenSSL part should work on any platform, although I've only done that on a Mac so far. PlistBuddy is only on Mac, but other utilities can be found to read/write property list files.