#!/usr/bin/env perl use warnings; use strict; # ioreg might be more machine-readable than system_profiler, but I haven't been able to # get it to produce useful output my @output = qx(/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPUSBDataType); my $parse_state = 0; my $device = {}; LINE: foreach my $line (@output) { chomp $line; if ( $parse_state == 0 ) { if ( $line =~ m/Model 01/ ) { $parse_state = 1; next LINE; } } if ( $parse_state == 1 ) { if ( $line =~ m/^\s*$/ ) { $parse_state = 2; next LINE; } } if ( $parse_state == 2 ) { if ( $line =~ m/Serial Number: (.+)$/ ) { $device->{'serial_number'} = $1; next LINE; } if ( $line =~ m/Location ID: (.+)$/ ) { $device->{'location_id'} = $1; next LINE; } if ( $line =~ m/Product ID: (.+)$/ ) { $device->{'product_id'} = $1; next LINE; } if ( $line =~ m/Vendor ID: (.+)$/ ) { $device->{'vendor_id'} = $1; next LINE; } if ( $line =~ m/^\s*$/ ) { last LINE; } } } die "Can't find Model 01" if ( $device == {} ); my $serial_port_name = ""; if ( exists( $device->{'serial_number'} ) ) { $serial_port_name = "/dev/cu.usbmodem" . $device->{'serial_number'}; if ( -e $serial_port_name ) { print $serial_port_name; exit 0; } } if ( exists( $device->{'location_id'} ) ) { my $loc = substr( $device->{'location_id'}, 2, 4 ); $serial_port_name = "/dev/cu.usbmodem" . $loc . 1; if ( -e $serial_port_name ) { print $serial_port_name; exit 0; } } die "Can't find Model 01 serial port name";