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| plistutil(1) | General Commands Manual | plistutil(1) |
NAME¶
plistutil - Convert a plist FILE between binary, XML, and JSON format
SYNOPSIS¶
plistutil [OPTIONS] [-i FILE] [-o FILE]
DESCRIPTION¶
plistutil allows converting a Property List file between binary, XML, and JSON format.
OPTIONS¶
- -i, --infile FILE
- Input FILE to convert from. If this argument is omitted or - is passed as filename, plistutil will read from stdin.
- -o, --outfile FILE
- Output FILE to convert to. If this argument is omitted or - is passed as filename, plistutil will write to stdout.
- -f, --format [bin|xml|json|openstep]
- Force output format, regardless of input type. This is useful if the input
format is not known, but the output format should always be in a specific
format (like xml or json).
If omitted, XML plist data will be converted to binary and vice-versa. To convert to/from JSON or OpenStep the output format needs to specified.
- -p, --print FILE
- Print PList in human-readable format.
- -c, --compact
- JSON and OpenStep only: Print output in compact form. By default, the output will be pretty-printed.
- -s, --sort
- Sort all dictionary nodes lexicographically by key before converting to the output format.
- -h, --help
- Prints usage information.
- -d, --debug
- Enabled extended debug output.
- -v, --version
- Print version information
EXAMPLES¶
- plistutil -i test.plist -o out.plist
- Convert test.plist and write to out.plist. If test.plist is in XML format, out.plist will be in binary format. If test.plist is in binary format, out.plist will be in XML format.
- plistutil -i test.plist -o out.plist -f bin
- Same as before, but the output will always be in binary format.
- plistutil -i test.plist -f xml
- Print test.plist as XML plist, regardless of the input format.
- plistutil -i test.plist -f xml -o -
- Same as before.
- plistutil -i test.plist -f json
- Print test.plist as JSON plist, regardless of the input format.
- cat test.plist |plistutil -f xml
- Take plist data from stdin - piped via cat - and write the output as XML to stdout.
AUTHORS¶
Zach C.
Martin Szulecki
Nikias Bassen