How to get the path of latest SDK available on Mac

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I know that in order to get xcode install directory from command line I have to use xcode-select -print-path. The result is something like: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

Is there any command to get latest SDK folder? I need as result something like: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk/

If it's not possible to get the SDK complete path I need at least SDK number and I'll try to build the path.

`xcodebuild -sdk -version` shows information about all installed SDKs. — Martin R, Sep 11 '13 at 13:20
@MartinR Thanks for help. The result is very verbose, but I think I can manage to parse it to get the folder. — Mircea Ispas, Sep 11 '13 at 13:32

score 58 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 04 '16 at 14:51

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The easiest way I found so far is:

xcrun --show-sdk-path

edited Aug 04 '16 at 14:51

Adrian Petrescu

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answered May 13 '15 at 21:48

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score 23 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '17 at 16:50

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To be more precise,

xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path

answered Oct 25 '17 at 16:50

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score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '13 at 13:39

I'm sure this could be cleaned up a bit, and probably done in a single line of perl, but here's an easy approach:

sdkparam=`xcodebuild -showsdks | awk '/^$/{p=0};p; /OS X SDKs:/{p=1}' | tail -1 | cut -f3`
sdkpath=`xcodebuild -version $sdkparam Path`

The point of the awk is to print the "OS X SDKs" block from -showsdks. Then take the last line of it and the 3rd field (it's separated with tabs). Then we ask xcodebuild for the path to that sdk.

How to get the path of latest SDK available on Mac

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