| .TH "plistutil" 1 |
| .SH NAME |
| plistutil \- Convert a plist FILE between binary, XML, and JSON format |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B plistutil |
| [OPTIONS] |
| [-i FILE] |
| [-o FILE] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| plistutil allows converting a Property List file between binary, XML, and JSON format. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .B \-i, \-\-infile FILE |
| Input FILE to convert from. If this argument is omitted or - is passed as |
| filename, plistutil will read from stdin. |
| .TP |
| .B \-o, \-\-outfile FILE |
| Output FILE to convert to. If this argument is omitted or - is passed as |
| filename, plistutil will write to stdout. |
| .TP |
| .B \-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. |
| .TP |
| .B \-p, \-\-print FILE |
| Print PList in human-readable format. |
| .TP |
| .B \-c, \-\-compact |
| JSON and OpenStep only: Print output in compact form. By default, the output |
| will be pretty-printed. |
| .TP |
| .B \-s, \-\-sort |
| Sort all dictionary nodes lexicographically by key before converting to the output format. |
| .TP |
| .B \-h, \-\-help |
| Prints usage information. |
| .TP |
| .B \-d, \-\-debug |
| Enabled extended debug output. |
| .TP |
| .B \-v, \-\-version |
| Print version information |
| .SH EXAMPLES |
| .TP |
| .B 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. |
| .TP |
| .B plistutil -i test.plist -o out.plist -f bin |
| Same as before, but the output will always be in binary format. |
| .TP |
| .B plistutil -i test.plist -f xml |
| Print test.plist as XML plist, regardless of the input format. |
| .TP |
| .B plistutil -i test.plist -f xml -o - |
| Same as before. |
| .TP |
| .B plistutil -i test.plist -f json |
| Print test.plist as JSON plist, regardless of the input format. |
| .TP |
| .B cat test.plist |plistutil -f xml |
| Take plist data from stdin - piped via cat - and write the output as XML |
| to stdout. |
| .SH AUTHORS |
| Zach C. |
| |
| Martin Szulecki |
| |
| Nikias Bassen |
| .SH ON THE WEB |
| https://libimobiledevice.org |
| |
| https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist |
