Wrapper around `plutil` to quickly jump between xml1 and binary1 when editing plists (propert lists in resources, Xcode)

update-plist.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# A script to make it easier to edit resources in mac.apps on the commandline
# Isam M 2015 <http://github.com/lsd/update-plist.sh>

# exit if pipeline (1+ cmd) fails
set -e

echo
echo "USAGE (default English): To open ScreenCapture.strings in SystemUIServer.app/C/R/English.lproj
echo "$ sudo update-plist.sh ScreenCapture
echo

# hardcode English ...
# LANGUAGE="$1"
RESOURCE="$2".strings

LANGUAGE="English"
RESOURCE="$1".strings
DIR="/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/Resources/$LANGUAGE.lproj"

# cd in, validate resource, make backup
pushd "$DIR"
ls -l
echo
diff "$RESOURCE" "$RESOURCE" 2>/dev/null
BACK=~/".$RESOURCE.binary1.`date -j +%S%s`.back"
cp "$RESOURCE" "$BACK"
echo "Backed up resource $RESOURCE to $BACK"

# Convert to XML, open in vi, when done convert back to binary
sudo plutil -convert xml1 "$RESOURCE"
sudo vi "$RESOURCE"
sudo plutil -convert binary1 "$RESOURCE"

# Clean up
mv "$BACK" /tmp
popd
echo
echo "Restart SystemUIServer? (ctrl+c to cancel)" && read
killall SystemUIServer