plutil
View, convert, validate, or edit property list ("plist") files. More information: https://www.manpagez.com/man/1/plutil/.
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Display the contents of one or more plist files in human-readable format:
plutil -p {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}}
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Convert one or more plist files to XML format, overwriting the original files in-place:
plutil -convert xml1 {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}}
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Convert one or more plist files to binary format, overwriting the original files in-place:
plutil -convert binary1 {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}}
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Convert a plist file to a different format, writing to a new file:
plutil -convert {{xml1|binary1|json|swift|objc}} {{path/to/file.plist}} -o {{path/to/new_file.plist}}
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Convert a plist file to a different format, writing to
stdout
:
plutil -convert {{xml1|binary1|json|swift|objc}} {{path/to/file.plist}} -o -
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