parse-plist
Parser of plist in OS X.
Installation
By install script:
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/rcmdnk/parse-plist/install/install.sh |sh
This installs Homebrew if it has not been installed, too.
By Homebrew:
$ brew install rcmdnk/rcmdnkpac/parse-plist
Or download bin/parse-plist and put it in anywhere under PATH (e.g. ~/usr/bin/)
Usage
By default, parse-plist converts all plist to defaults commands:
$ parse-plist
defaults write "com.adobe.air.ApplicationInstaller" "NSNavLastRootDirectory" -string "~/Applications"
defaults write "com.adobe.air.ApplicationInstaller" "NSNavPanelExpandedSizeForOpenMode" -string "{1680, 1023}"
defaults write "com.apple.ActivityMonitor" "OpenMainWindow" -bool False
defaults write "com.apple.ActivityMonitor" "ShowCategory" -int 100
...
You can specify a plist file or a xml file of plist:
$ parse-plist com.apple.dock
defaults write "com.apple.dock" "orientation" -string "bottom"
defaults write "com.apple.dock" "showMissionControlGestureEnabled" -bool True
defaults write "com.apple.dock" "autohide" -bool True
...
JSON output is available, too:
$ parse-plist com.apple.dock --out json
{
"com.apple.dock": {
"showDesktopGestureEnabled": false,
"loc": "ja_JP",
"dashboard-in-overlay": true,
...
HELP
$ ./bin/parse-plist -h
usage: parse-plist [-h] [--date] [--data] [--dict] [--array] [--all] [--user]
[--system] [-o OUT]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--date Enable "date" output.
--data Enable "data" output.
--dict Enable "dict" output.
--array Enable "array" output.
--all Enable all outputs.
--user Check user settings.
--system Check system settings.
-o OUT, --out OUT Set output format (defaults commands or json format).
Default is cmd. Use json/dict/dic for json format. Others
for the command list.