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From swift-bootstrap-5-10-1 5.10.1-r7 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running plutil --help (exit 1). permalink

unrecognized option: --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
 -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 -convert
 -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
Options (8)
OptionDescriptionSource
-helpshow this message and exithelp
-lintcheck the property list files for syntax errorshelp
-convert fmtrewrite property list files in format fmt is one of: xml1 binary1 jsonhelp
-pprint property list in a human-readable fashion (not for machine parsing! this 'format' is not stable)help
-sbe silent on successhelp
-o pathspecify alternate file path name for result;help
-e extensionspecify alternate extension for converted fileshelp
-rif writing JSON, output in human-readable formhelp

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