idevice_id(1)

idevice_id1

List attached devices or print device name of given device.

Usage

idevice_id [OPTIONS] [UDID]

Overview

idevice_id prints a list of attached devices. If a UDID is given, the name of the connected device with that UDID will be retrieved.

Without any options, idevice_id will list all available devices, USB and network. The output can be further controlled with the following OPTIONS.

Options

-l, --list

List UDIDs of all devices attached via USB.

-n, --network

List UDIDs of all devices available via network.

-d, --debug

Enable communication debugging.

-h, --help

Prints usage information.

-v, --version

Prints version information.

Nikias Bassen

On the web

https://libimobiledevice.org

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 6.0–7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11–Arch

--network since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --version since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -n since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -v since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Man page written to conform with Debian by Julien Lavergne.

From libimobiledevice 1.4.0-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.