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.Dd February 19, 2007
.Dt PLISTBUDDY 8
.Os "Mac OS X"
.Sh NAME
.Nm PlistBuddy
.Nd read and write values to plists
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl cxlh 
.Ar file.plist
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
command is used to read and modify values inside of a plist. Unless specified by the 
.Fl c
switch,
.Nm
runs in interactive mode.  
.Pp
The following commands are used to manipulate plist data:
.Bl -tag -width "Clear Type"
.It Sy Help
Prints this information.
.It Sy Exit
Exits the program. Changes are not saved to the file.
.It Sy Save
Saves the current changes to the file.
.It Sy Revert
Reloads the last saved version of the file.
.It Sy Clear Ar type
Clears out all existing entries, and creates root of type
.Ar type .  
See below for a list of types.
.It Sy Print Op entry
Prints value of 
.Ar entry .
If an entry is not specified, prints entire file. See below for an explanation of how entry works.
.It Sy Set Ar entry Ar value
Sets the value at 
.Ar entry 
to 
.Ar value .
.It Sy Add Ar entry Ar type Op value
Adds 
.Ar entry
with type
.Ar type
and optional value
.Ar value .
See below for a list of types.
.It Sy Copy Ar entrySrc Ar entryDst
Copies the 
.Ar entrySrc
property to
.Ar entryDst .
.It Sy Delete Ar entry
Deletes 
.Ar entry
from the plist.
.It Sy Merge Ar file Op entry
Adds the contents of plist 
.Ar file
to 
.Ar entry .
.It Sy Import Ar entry Ar file
Creates or sets 
.Ar entry
to the contents of 
.Ar file .
.El
.Pp
Entries consist of property key names delimited by colons. Array items are specified by a zero-based integer index. Examples:
.Pp
    :CFBundleShortVersionString
    :CFBundleDocumentTypes:2:CFBundleTypeExtensions
.Pp
Entries may be of the following types:
.Pp
    string
    array
    dict
    bool
    real
    integer
    date
    data
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width "-c command"
.It Fl c Ar command
Execute command and exit. By default, PlistBuddy will run in interactive mode.
.It Fl x
Output will be in the form of an xml plist where appropriate.
.It Fl l
If the path provided contains any symbolic links, they will not be followed.
.It Fl h
Print the complete help info.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Pp
Set the CFBundleIdentifier property to com.apple.plistbuddy:
.Vb 1
.Pp
\&        Set :CFBundleIdentifier com.apple.plistbuddy
.Ve
.Pp
Add the CFBundleGetInfoString property to the plist:
.Vb 1
.Pp
\&        Add :CFBundleGetInfoString string "App version 1.0.1"
.Ve
.Pp
Add a new item of type dict to the CFBundleDocumentTypes array:
.Vb 1
.Pp
\&        Add :CFBundleDocumentTypes: dict
.Ve
.Pp
Add the new item to the beginning of the array:
.Vb 1
.Pp
\&        Add :CFBundleDocumentTypes:0 dict
.Ve
.Pp
Delete the \s-1FIRST\s0 item in the array:
.Vb 1
.Pp
\&        Delete :CFBundleDocumentTypes:0 dict
.Ve
.Pp
Delete the \s-1ENTIRE\s0 CFBundleDocumentTypes array:
.Vb 1
.Pp
\&        Delete :CFBundleDocumentTypes
.Ve
.Pp
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Nm
command returns a zero exit status if it succeeds. Non zero is returned in case of failure.