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Fleet uses osquery tables to query operating system, hardware, and software data. Each table provides specific data for analysis and filtering.

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plist

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plist

Read and parse a plist file.

Column Type Description
key text Preference top-level key
path text (required) read preferences from a plist
Required in WHERE clause
subkey text Intermediate key path, includes lists/dicts
value text String value of most CF types

Example

Read the contents of a plist file, formatted into a table

SELECT key, subkey, value FROM plist WHERE path LIKE '/Users/%%/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist';
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