NAME

       plistutil - Convert a plist FILE between binary, XML, and JSON format

SYNOPSIS

       plistutil [OPTIONS] [-i FILE] [-o FILE]

DESCRIPTION

       plistutil allows converting a Property List file between binary, XML, and JSON format.

OPTIONS

       -i, --infile FILE
              Input FILE to convert from. If this argument is omitted or - is passed as filename,
              plistutil will read from stdin.

       -o, --outfile FILE
              Output FILE to convert to. If this argument is omitted or - is passed as  filename,
              plistutil will write to stdout.

       -f, --format [bin|xml|json|openstep]
              Force  output  format, regardless of input type. This is useful if the input format
              is not known, but the output format should always be in a specific format (like xml
              or json).

              If  omitted,  XML plist data will be converted to binary and vice-versa. To convert
              to/from JSON or OpenStep the output format needs to specified.

       -p, --print FILE
              Print PList in human-readable format.

       -c, --compact
              JSON and OpenStep only: Print output in compact form. By default, the  output  will
              be pretty-printed.

       -s, --sort
              Sort  all dictionary nodes lexicographically by key before converting to the output
              format.

       -h, --help
              Prints usage information.

       -d, --debug
              Enabled extended debug output.

       -v, --version
              Print version information

EXAMPLES

       plistutil -i test.plist -o out.plist
              Convert test.plist and  write  to  out.plist.  If  test.plist  is  in  XML  format,
              out.plist  will  be  in binary format. If test.plist is in binary format, out.plist
              will be in XML format.

       plistutil -i test.plist -o out.plist -f bin
              Same as before, but the output will always be in binary format.

       plistutil -i test.plist -f xml
              Print test.plist as XML plist, regardless of the input format.

       plistutil -i test.plist -f xml -o -
              Same as before.

       plistutil -i test.plist -f json
              Print test.plist as JSON plist, regardless of the input format.

       cat test.plist |plistutil -f xml
              Take plist data from stdin - piped via cat - and write the output as XML to stdout.

AUTHORS

       Zach C.

       Martin Szulecki

       Nikias Bassen

ON THE WEB

       https://libimobiledevice.org

       https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist

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