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Asked: 2026-06-12T09:19:49+00:00

I want to run the simulator from the command line. Is there any way

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I want to run the simulator from the command line. Is there any way to find the simulator path through command line. Apple frequently changes the simulator location like

/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhone Simulator

/Applications ........ / IOS simulato....

Is there any way to find the simulator path from terminal. ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Here are two suggestions:

    • You can use xcode-select to print the path to Xcode:

      # This returns sthg like "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer"
XCODEPATH=$(xcode-select --print-path)
# Then build the rest of the path to the simulator SDK
SIMSDKPATH=${XCODEPATH}/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer
# And add the rest of the path to the Simulator app
SIMULATORPATH=$(SIMSDK}/Applications/iPhone Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhone Simulator

    • You can use xcrun to find the path of a xcodebuild tool in the iphonesimulator SDK, then deducting the path from here:

      # This returns sthg like "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc"
GCCPATH=$(xcrun -sdk iphonesimulator -find gcc)
# Then go up 3 directories
SIMSDKPATH=$(dirname $(dirname $(dirname ${GCCPATH})))
# And down to the Simulator app
SIMULATORPATH=${SIMSDKPATH}/Applications/iPhone Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhone Simulator
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