Image::ExifTool::PLIST(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::PLIST(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::PLIST - Read Apple PLIST information

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains the routines used by Image::ExifTool to extract information from Apple Property List files.

# [NOTES](#NOTES)

This module decodes both the binary and XML-based PLIST format.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd>

<http://opensource.apple.com/source/CF/CF-550/CFBinaryPList.c>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"PLIST Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-10-09 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Image::ExifTool::PLIST(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool