NAME

pl — ASCII property list utility

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

pl can be used to check the syntax of old-style ASCII property list files.

The options are:

--input file

Cause pl to use the specified file as input. If the input option is not specified, stdin is used.

--output file

Cause pl to use the specified file as output. If the output option is not specified, stdout is used.

DIAGNOSTICS

The pl command exits 0 on success, and <0 on failure.

SEE ALSO

plist(5) plutil(1)

STANDARDS

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

HISTORY

The pl command first appeared in Mac OS X 10.5.