PL(1)                     BSD General Commands Manual                    PL(1)

NAME
     pl -- converts between ASCI and binary plist formats

SYNOPSIS
     pl [-input ] [-output ]

DESCRIPTION
     Reads ASCI property list from stdin (or serialized file if -input speci-
     fied) and writes ASCI property list to stdout (or serialized file if
     -output specified).

     Can be used to convert between ASCI and binary formats.  Binary format
     is the old-style serialized format, not the keyed-archive format intro-
     duced in Mac OS X 10.2.

     This command is deprecated and exists only for backwards compatibility.

     Do not use pl, use plutil instead.

OPTIONS
     -input binaryfile
             Read from binaryfile instead of stdin.

     -output binaryfile
             Write to binaryfile instead of stdout.

SEE ALSO
     plutil(1), plist(5)

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