{
  "name": "plutil",
  "description": "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",
  "parserDirectives": {
    "flagsArePosixNoncompliant": true,
    "optionsMustPrecedeArgs": true
  },
  "options": [
    {
      "names": [
        "-help"
      ],
      "description": "Show the usage information for the command and exit"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-p"
      ],
      "description": "Print the property list in a human-readable fashion"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-lint"
      ],
      "description": "Check the named property list files for syntax errors. This is the default command option if none is specified"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-convert"
      ],
      "description": "Convert the named file to the indicated format and write back to the file system",
      "args": [
        {
          "name": "format",
          "description": "Format to convert the named file to",
          "suggestions": [
            "xml1",
            "binary1",
            "json"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "--"
      ],
      "description": "Specifies that all further arguments are file names"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-s"
      ],
      "description": "Don't print anything on success"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-r"
      ],
      "description": "For JSON, add whitespace and indentation to make the output more human-readable"
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-o"
      ],
      "description": "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",
      "args": [
        {
          "name": "path"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "names": [
        "-e"
      ],
      "description": "Specify an alternate extension for converted files, and the output file names are otherwise the same",
      "args": [
        {
          "name": "extension"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "args": [
    {
      "name": "file",
      "description": "File to check the syntax of or convert"
    }
  ]
}