If anyone is interested in scripting this, you can do the following:
wifi.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
ssid="your-network"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="your-network-password"
}
#!/bin/sh
ip link set wlan0 up
wpa_supplicant -D nl80211 -i wlan0 -c wifi.conf &
dhcpcd wlan0
Then, just run ./wifi.sh
, or make it run automatically on boot if you wish.