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xcrun — Run or locate development tools and properties. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man

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Problem

How to use the xcrun command: Run or locate development tools and properties. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/xcrun.1.html>.

Solution

xcrun — Run or locate development tools and properties. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/xcrun.1.html>.

Find and run a tool from the active developer directory:

xcrun {{tool}} {{arguments}}

Show verbose output:

xcrun {{tool}} {{arguments}} --verbose

Find a tool for a given SDK:

xcrun --sdk {{sdk_name}}

Find a tool for a given toolchain:

xcrun --toolchain {{name}}

Display help:

xcrun --help

Display version:

xcrun --version

Code Snippets

Find and run a tool from the active developer directory

xcrun {{tool}} {{arguments}}

Show verbose output

xcrun {{tool}} {{arguments}} --verbose

Find a tool for a given SDK

xcrun --sdk {{sdk_name}}

Find a tool for a given toolchain

xcrun --toolchain {{name}}

Display help

xcrun --help

Context

tldr-pages: osx/xcrun

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