I would like to sort all the <dict> Â… </dict> entries in a .plist file at a certain level in a plist/xml file.


basically, the file is the Extension.plist in $HOME/Library/Safari/Extensions, and I want to sort all the dict entries that are under the key "Installed Extension" according to the contents of the string after the key "Archived File Name"

here is an example:

<key>Installed Extensions</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Archive File Name</key>
<string>FaceBlock-1.safariextz</string>
<key>Bundle Directory Name</key>
<string>FaceBlock-1.safariextension</string>
<key>Enabled</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Archive File Name</key>
<string>Validate.safariextz</string>
<key>Bundle Directory Name</key>
<string>Validate.safariextension</string>
<key>Enabled</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Archive File Name</key>
<string>AdBlock-1.safariextz</string>
<key>Bundle Directory Name</key>
<string>AdBlock-1.safariextension</string>
<key>Enabled</key>
<true/>
</dict>


and it should be:

<key>Installed Extensions</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Archive File Name</key>
<string>AdBlock-1.safariextz</string>
<key>Bundle Directory Name</key>
<string>AdBlock-1.safariextension</string>
<key>Enabled</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Archive File Name</key>
<string>FaceBlock-1.safariextz</string>
<key>Bundle Directory Name</key>
<string>FaceBlock-1.safariextension</string>
<key>Enabled</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Archive File Name</key>
<string>Validate.safariextz</string>
<key>Bundle Directory Name</key>
<string>Validate.safariextension</string>
<key>Enabled</key>
<true/>
</dict>

Of course, there are a lot of keys, so I want to automate this.

The dict declarations to sort are all 2 tabs deep in the file.

Oh, it might be nice if I could also then sort on the Enabled key to put all the entries with <false/> at the end?

I'm thinking a text-factory could do this?

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