from plist: Convert plist to Nushell values

--- title: from plist categories: | formats version: 0.104.0 formats: | Convert plist to Nushell values usage: | Convert plist to Nushell values editLink: false contributors: false ---  # `from plist` for [formats](/commands/categories/formats.md) <div class='command-title'>Convert plist to Nushell values</div> ::: warning This command requires a plugin The `from plist` command resides in the `formats` plugin. To use this command, you must install and register `nu_plugin_formats`. See the [Plugins](/book/plugins.html) chapter in the book for more information. ::: ## Signature ```> from plist {flags} ``` ## Input/output types: | input | output | | ----- | ------ | | any | any | ## Examples Convert a table into a plist file ```nu > '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>a</key> <integer>3</integer> </dict> </plist>' | from plist ╭───┬───╮ │ a │ 3 │ ╰───┴───╯ ```

The `from plist` command converts data from the plist format into Nushell values. This command is part of the `formats` plugin, so you need to install and register `nu_plugin_formats` to use it. Plist (Property List) is a common format, especially in macOS environments, for storing serialized objects. This command allows you to easily bring plist data into Nushell for manipulation and processing. The example demonstrates how to convert a plist-formatted string containing a dictionary with a single key-value pair ('a' and 3) into a Nushell table, making the data accessible and usable within your Nushell scripts and workflows. This conversion enables you to leverage Nushell's powerful data manipulation capabilities on plist data.