Quickly view Wi-Fi password under OSX and Windows

Posted on: 15 Feb 2015

Today I've found this neat tool called wifi-password by @rauchg and figured out that it's extremely useful. Just look at this:

Simple, isn't? And README says it:

People ask you for the Wi-Fi password. Answer quickly.

So I wanted to answer quickly, too. ~~Unfortunately~~ I'm a Windows user and so had to create own analog for PowerShell:

So now you just:

1. Install it

First of all, install PsGet if you don't have it yet - it's awesome module manager for PowerShell:

(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://psget.net/GetPsGet.ps1") | iex

Now, you can easily install module itself:

Install-Module WiFi-Password

2. Use it:

To get the password for the WiFi you're currently logged onto:

Show-WiFiPassword

or just

wifi-password

To get it for a specific SSID:

$ wifi-password <ssid>

To list all the stored WiFi networks:

Select-WiFi

3. PROFIT!