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Archive for September 24th, 2026

command line – How can I view all Wi-Fi network names (SSIDs) in my area in the terminal? – Ask Different

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/24

Despite, or maybe thanks to, being a duplicate I like this [Wayback/Archive] command line – How can I view all Wi-Fi network names (SSIDs) in my area in the terminal? – Ask Different (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Jandroid and [Wayback/Archive] Ray de Groat)

The reason is that unlike similar questions it has a single answer that works on more recent MacOS versions:

system_profiler SPAirPortDataType

I usually amend it with | less for easier browsing.

It means this question skips all kinds of answers with commands that over the course of time Apple has decided to kill and now no longer work or only work as admin:

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Posted in Development, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Power User, Scripting, Software Development, WiFi | Leave a Comment »

The poor mans remapkey.exe. but still maintained is randyrants/sharpkeys: SharpKeys is a utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key.

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/24

A long time ago I mentioned remapkey.exe. It was part of various Microsoft Resource Kit versions and still available from the Wayback Machine at [Wayback rktools.exe: install, then run remapkey.exe as admin].

It however is unmaintained and does not support quite a few keys.

So for more than 20 years now, there has been the still maintained [Wayback/Archive] randyrants/sharpkeys: SharpKeys is a utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key.

The user interface is not as intuitive as remapkey.exe (which has source and target keyboard layouts), but supports more keys (including Print Screen) and is still maintained and allows to turn off keys completely (which can be useful with for instance the Caps Lock key).

Back when writing this, the most recent release was 3.9.4 fro 2022. You can find the most current at [Wayback/Archive] Releases · randyrants/sharpkeys.

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Posted in .NET, C#, Development, Power User, Software Development, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows NT, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »