Getting the Keys of Plist Files

[KniazidisR]

 

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[Otto]

@KniazidisR

In fact, getting a list of keys is not difficult.

tell application "System Events"
	
	set pl to property list file "/Users/otto/Library/Preferences/com.apple.accounts.plist"
	
	name of property list items of pl
end tell

--{"devices", "ACOneTimeSMTPFixAccountSync", "ACOneTimeMigrateAccountSync", "ACOneTimeLDAPFixAccountSync"}

[KniazidisR]

Thank you. Yes, it’s really easier that way. And faster. I was thinking about System Events but didn’t realize that the key names and property list item names are the same thing.

Also, difference in the returned result is that my script returns some names starting with a small letter in its words. They are wrong… So, I will delete my script to not confuse users.