README.md

Interactive bash script to open the sqlite database directory (core data) of a specific app installed in Xcode simulator

Needs jq to be installed
Needs xcrun to be installed (xcode-select --install)
Needs /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy to be installed (xcode-select --install)

Usage

. <(curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jroehl/e5230754a95d7c243a3c6290668d94fb/raw/find-simulator-coredata.sh)

find-simulator-coredata.sh

#!/bin/sh

command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
  echo >&2 "Script needs jq to be installed. Aborting."
  exit 1
}
command -v xcrun >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
  echo >&2 "Script needs xcrun to be installed. Aborting."
  exit 1
}
command -v /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
  echo >&2 "Script needs PlistBuddy to be installed. Aborting."
  exit 1
}

main() {
  available_devices=$(xcrun simctl list devices available -j)
  SAVEIFS=${IFS}
  IFS=$'\n'
  devices=($(echo "${available_devices}" | jq -r '.devices | flatten | sort_by(.state) | .[] | "\(.state) > \(.name) [\(.udid)]"'))
  IFS=${SAVEIFS}

  device_path="${HOME}/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices"
  echo "\nAvailable devices:"
  select device in "${devices[@]}"; do
    echo "\nUsing device \"${device}\""
    device_id=$(echo $device | sed 's/.*\[\([0-9A-Z\-]*\)\].*$/\1/g')
    device_path+="/${device_id}/data/Containers/Data/Application"
    break
  done

  bundle_identifiers=()
  for plist in ${device_path}/*/.*.plist; do
    bundle_identifier=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'print ":MCMMetadataIdentifier"' ${plist})
    if [[ ${bundle_identifier} != com.apple.* ]]; then
      bundle_identifiers+=(${bundle_identifier})
    fi
  done

  echo "\nAvailable custom bundle identifiers:"
  select bundle_identifier in "${bundle_identifiers[@]}"; do
    echo "\nGetting info for bundle \"${bundle_identifier}\"\n"
    data_path=$(xcrun simctl get_app_container booted ${bundle_identifier} data)
    db_path="${data_path}/Library/Application Support"
    xcrun simctl appinfo booted ${bundle_identifier}
    echo "\nOpening sqlite path in finder"
    open -a finder "${db_path}"
    break
  done
}

main