commands.sh

plutil

macos

View, convert, validate, or edit property list ("plist") files.

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Examples (5)

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 -
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