plutil help (High Sierra) #dotfiles

help.plutil.High_Sierra

# This help for plutil discloses additional options not disclosed in the man page
# For the man page, see https://gist.github.com/jimratliff/daeba692a66d2683b35d193e08b800b0

$ plutil -help
plutil: [command_option] [other_options] file...
The file '-' means stdin
Command options are (-lint is the default):
 -help                         show this message and exit
 -lint                         check the property list files for syntax errors
 -convert fmt                  rewrite property list files in format
                               fmt is one of: xml1 binary1 json
 -insert keypath -type value   insert a value into the property list before writing it out
                               keypath is a key-value coding key path, with one extension:
                               a numerical path component applied to an array will act on the object at that index in the array
                               or insert it into the array if the numerical path component is the last one in the key path
                               type is one of: bool, integer, float, date, string, data, xml, json
                               -bool: YES if passed "YES" or "true", otherwise NO
                               -integer: any valid 64 bit integer
                               -float: any valid 64 bit float
                               -string: UTF8 encoded string
                               -date: a date in XML property list format, not supported if outputting JSON
                               -data: a base-64 encoded string
                               -xml: an XML property list, useful for inserting compound values
                               -json: a JSON fragment, useful for inserting compound values
                               value YES, NO, a number, a date, or a base-64 encoded blob of data
 -replace keypath -type value  same as -insert, but it will overwrite an existing value
 -remove keypath               removes the value at 'keypath' from the property list before writing it out
 -extract keypath fmt          outputs the value at 'keypath' in the property list as a new plist of type 'fmt'
                               fmt is one of: xml1 binary1 json
 -p                            print property list in a human-readable fashion
                               (not for machine parsing! this 'format' is not stable)
There are some additional optional arguments that apply to the -convert, -insert, -remove, -replace, and -extract verbs:
 -s                            be silent on success
 -o path                       specify alternate file path name for result;
                               the -o option is used with -convert, and is only
                               useful with one file argument (last file overwrites);
                               the path '-' means stdout
 -e extension                  specify alternate extension for converted files
 -r                            if writing JSON, output in human-readable form
 --                            specifies that all further arguments are file names