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plutil — View, convert, validate, or edit property list ("plist") files. More information: <https://keith.git
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plutil command: View, convert, validate, or edit property list ("plist") files. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/plutil.1.html>.Solution
plutil — View, convert, validate, or edit property list ("plist") files. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/plutil.1.html>.Display the contents of one or more plist files in human-readable format:
plutil -p {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}}Convert one or more plist files to XML format, overwriting the original files in-place:
plutil -convert xml1 {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}}Convert one or more plist files to binary format, overwriting the original files in-place:
plutil -convert binary1 {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}}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}}Convert a plist file to a different format, writing to
stdout:plutil -convert {{xml1|binary1|json|swift|objc}} {{path/to/file.plist}} -o -Code Snippets
Display the contents of one or more plist files in human-readable format
plutil -p {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}}Convert one or more plist files to XML format, overwriting the original files in-place
plutil -convert xml1 {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}}Convert one or more plist files to binary format, overwriting the original files in-place
plutil -convert binary1 {{file1.plist file2.plist ...}}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}}Convert a plist file to a different format, writing to `stdout`
plutil -convert {{xml1|binary1|json|swift|objc}} {{path/to/file.plist}} -o -Context
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