plutil:tldr:8263b

plutil: Convert one or more plist files to binary format, overwriting the original files in-place.

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$ plutil -convert binary1 ${file1-plist file2-plist ---}

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The command plutil -convert binary1 ${file1.plist file2.plist ---} is used to convert property list (plist) files from the XML format to the binary format.

Here's what each part of the command does:

plutil is the command-line utility used to manipulate property list files.
-convert is an option for plutil that specifies the conversion operation.
binary1 is an argument that tells plutil to convert the plist files to binary format. In this case, binary1 represents the binary format.
${file1.plist file2.plist ---} is a list of input plist files that are being converted. In this example, file1.plist and file2.plist are the input files.

So, when you run this command, it will convert the specified plist files from XML format to binary format using the plutil utility.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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