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. Specifying - as an input file
 reads from stdin.
 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 json, for the JSON format
 There are a few additional options:
 -- Specifies that all further arguments are file names
 -s Don't print anything on success.
 -r For JSON, add whitespace and indentation to make the output
 more human-readable.
 -o path Specify an alternate path name for the result of the -con-
 vert operation; this option is only useful with a single
 file to be converted. Specifying - as the path outputs to
 stdout.
 -e extension Specify an alternate extension for converted files, and the
 output file names are otherwise 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