plistutil(1)

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