LKBEN11719: How to validate a plist file on MacOS?


Symptom

You need to validate a plist file which you created by yourself.

Cause

This is important when you create LaunchDaemons or LaunchAgents.

Solution

To ensure a plist (a property list file) is formatted correctly, you can use the plutil command.

plutil -lint myLaunchAgent.plist

Hope this helps.

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About the Author

Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.

Latest update: 06.05.2024