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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.

     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 (only allowed with XML output).

     -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