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plutil:tldr:8263b
plutil: Convert one or more plist files to binary format, overwriting the original files in-place.
$ plutil -convert binary1 ${file1-plist file2-plist ---}
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The command plutil -convert binary1 ${file1.plist file2.plist ---}
is used to convert property list (plist) files from the XML format to the binary format.
Here's what each part of the command does:
plutil
is the command-line utility used to manipulate property list files.-convert
is an option forplutil
that specifies the conversion operation.binary1
is an argument that tellsplutil
to convert the plist files to binary format. In this case,binary1
represents the binary format.${file1.plist file2.plist ---}
is a list of input plist files that are being converted. In this example,file1.plist
andfile2.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.