#!/bin/sh # vim: ft=sh ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 et ai # -*- Mode: sh; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along # with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., # 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. # # Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc. # # # This example prints SSIDs of connected Wi-Fi networks. # GetDevices() D-Bus call returns all devices. We go through them, find Wi-Fi # ones and ask for ActiveAccessPoint property. If the access point path is not # empty ("/"), we can read its properties, like SSID. # NM_SERVICE_NAME="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager" NM_OBJECT_PATH="/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager" DEVICE_IFACE="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device" DEVICE_WIFI_IFACE="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Wireless" ACCESS_POINT_IFACE="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.AccessPoint" NM_GET_DEVICES="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.GetDevices" DBUS_PROPERTIES_GET="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get" get_devices() { dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=$NM_SERVICE_NAME $NM_OBJECT_PATH $NM_GET_DEVICES | \ grep "object path" | cut -d '"' -f2 } get_property() { # first arg: object path # second arg: interface # third arg: property name # returns: property value dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=$NM_SERVICE_NAME "$1" $DBUS_PROPERTIES_GET string:"$2" string:"$3" | \ grep "variant" | awk -F '"' '{ if (NF == 1) {FS=" "; n=split($0,a); print a[n];} else print $(NF-1); }' } is_wifi_device() { DEV_TYPE=`get_property $device $DEVICE_IFACE "DeviceType"` if [ $DEV_TYPE -eq 2 ]; then return 0 else return 1 fi } show_active_ssids() { for device in `get_devices` do INTERFACE=`get_property $device $DEVICE_IFACE "Interface"` if `is_wifi_device`; then ACTIVE_AP=`get_property $device $DEVICE_WIFI_IFACE "ActiveAccessPoint"` if [ "$ACTIVE_AP" != "/" ]; then SSID=`get_property $ACTIVE_AP $ACCESS_POINT_IFACE "Ssid"` BSSID=`get_property $ACTIVE_AP $ACCESS_POINT_IFACE "HwAddress"` echo "Device '$INTERFACE' is connected to '$SSID' (BSSID=$BSSID)" else echo "No active AP on device '$INTERFACE'" fi fi done } # --- main program --- # print currently connected SSID on all Wi-Fi devices show_active_ssids