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PLUTIL(1) BSD General Commands Manual PLUTIL(1)
NAME
plutil -- property list utility
SYNOPSIS
plutil [command_option] [other_options] file
...
DESCRIPTION
plutil can be used to check the syntax of property list files, or convert a plist file from one format
to another. Specifying - as an input file reads from stdin.
The first argument indicates the operation to perform, one of:
-help Show the usage information for the command and exit.
-lint Check the named property list files for syntax errors. This is the default command
option if none is specified.
-convert fmt Convert the named file to the indicated format and write back to the file system. If the
file can't be loaded due to invalid syntax, the operation fails.
fmt is one of: xml1, for version 1 of the XML plist format binary1, for version 1 of the
binary plist format
There are a few additional options:
-- Specifies that all further arguments are file names
-s Don't print anything on success.
-o path Specify an alternate path name for the result of the -convert operation; this option is
only useful with a single file to be converted. Specifying - as the path outputs to std-out. stdout.
out.
-e extension Specify an alternate extension for converted files, and the output file names are other-wise otherwise
wise the same.
DIAGNOSTICS
The plutil command exits 0 on success, and 1 on failure.
SEE ALSO
plist(5)
STANDARDS
The plutil command obeys no one's rules but its own.
HISTORY
The plutil command first appeared in Mac OS X 10.2.
Mac OS X August 30, 2002 Mac OS X
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