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NAME
     pplluuttiill - property list utility

SYNOPSIS
     pplluuttiill [commandoption] [otheroptions] file
             ...

DESCRIPTION
     pplluuttiill can be used to check the syntax of property list files, or convert
     a plist file from one format to another.

     The first argument indicates the operation to perform, one of:

     -hheellpp         Show the usage information for the command and exit.

     -lliinntt         Check the named property list files for syntax errors.
                   This is the default command option if none is specified.

     -ccoonnvveerrtt 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:  xxmmll11, for version 1 of the XML plist format
                                   bbiinnaarryy11, for version 1 of the binary plist
                                   format

     There are a few additional options:

     --            Specifies that all further arguments are file names

     -ss            Don't print anything on success.

     -oo 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 (only allowed with XML output).

     -ee extension  Specify an alternate extension for converted files, and the
                   output file names are otherwise the same.

DIAGNOSTICS     The pplluuttiill command exits 0 on success, and 1 on failure.

SEE ALSO
     plist(5)

STANDARDS     The pplluuttiill command obeys no one's rules but its own.

HISTORY     The pplluuttiill command first appeared in Mac OS X 10.2.

Mac OS X                        August 30, 2002                       Mac OS X