diff --git a/pages/osx/plutil.md b/pages/osx/plutil.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7cfbdc449 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/osx/plutil.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# plutil + +> View, convert, validate, or edit property list ("plist") files. + +- 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 -`