PLUTIL(1) BSD General Commands Manual PLUTIL(1)NAME
plutil -- property list utility
SYNOPSIS
plutil [command_option] [other_options] file
...
DESCRIPTION
plutil can be used to check the syntax of property list files, or convert a plist file from one format to another. Specifying - as an input
file reads from stdin.
The first argument indicates the operation to perform, one of:
-help Show the usage information for the command and exit.
-p Print the property list in a human-readable fashion. The output format is not stable and not designed for machine parsing. The
purpose of this command is to be able to easily read the contents of a plist file, no matter what format it is in.
-lint Check the named property list files for syntax errors. This is the default command option if none is specified.
-convert fmt Convert the named file to the indicated format and write back to the file system. If the file can't be loaded due to invalid
syntax, the operation fails.
fmt is one of: xml1, for version 1 of the XML plist format binary1, for version 1 of the binary plist format json, for the
JSON format
There are a few additional options:
-- Specifies that all further arguments are file names
-s Don't print anything on success.
-r For JSON, add whitespace and indentation to make the output more human-readable.
-o path Specify an alternate path name for the result of the -convert operation; this option is only useful with a single file to be
converted. Specifying - as the path outputs to stdout.
-e extension Specify an alternate extension for converted files, and the output file names are otherwise the same.
DIAGNOSTICS
The plutil command exits 0 on success, and 1 on failure.
SEE ALSO plist(5)STANDARDS
The plutil command obeys no one's rules but its own.
HISTORY
The plutil command first appeared in Mac OS X 10.2.
Mac OS X August 30, 2002 Mac OS X
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SW_VERS(1) BSD General Commands Manual SW_VERS(1)NAME
sw_vers -- print Mac OS X operating system version information
SYNOPSIS
sw_vers
sw_vers -productName
sw_vers -productVersion
sw_vers -buildVersion
DESCRIPTION
sw_vers prints version information about the Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server operating system running on the local machine.
When executed with no options sw_vers prints a short list of version properties:
% sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.3
BuildVersion: 7A100
The ProductName property provides the name of the operating system release (typically either "Mac OS X" or "Mac OS X Server"). The
ProductVersion property defines the version of the operating system release (for example, "10.2.4" or "10.3"). The BuildVersion property
provides the specific revision of the operating system as generated by the Mac OS X build system.
OPTIONS
The output of sw_vers can be refined by the following options.
-productName Print just the value of the ProductName property.
-productVersion Print just the value of the ProductVersion property.
-buildVersion Print just the value of the BuildVersion property.
EXAMPLES
% sw_vers -productName
Mac OS X
% sw_vers -productVersion
10.3
% sw_vers -buildVersion
7A100
FILES
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist
/System/Library/CoreServices/ServerVersion.plist
Mac OS X March 10, 2003 Mac OS X
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mike (1 Reply)
Hi,
This is what I would like to do.
1. Find all directories named "ByHost" in a specified directory
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This is the way I have been able to do it so far.
#!/bin/sh
#
# Rename ByHost files
#
# Thomas Berglund, 13.07.08
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if
then
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