MSGFILTER

Section: GNU (1)
Updated: November 2007
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NAME

msgfilter - edit translations of message catalog

SYNOPSIS

msgfilter [OPTION] FILTER [FILTER-OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

Applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

Input file location:

-i, --input=INPUTFILE: input PO file
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY: add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.

Output file location:

-o, --output-file=FILE: write output to specified file

The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.

The FILTER can be any program that reads a translation from standard input and writes a modified translation to standard output.

Useful FILTER-OPTIONs when the FILTER is 'sed':

-e, --expression=SCRIPT: add SCRIPT to the commands to be executed
-f, --file=SCRIPTFILE: add the contents of SCRIPTFILE to the commands to be executed
-n, --quiet, --silent: suppress automatic printing of pattern space

Input file syntax:

-P, --properties-input: input file is in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input: input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

Output details:

--no-escape: do not use C escapes in output (default)
-E, --escape: use C escapes in output, no extended chars
--force-po: write PO file even if empty
--indent: indented output style
--keep-header: keep header entry unmodified, don't filter it
--no-location: suppress '#: filename:line' lines
--add-location: preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
--strict: strict Uniforum output style
-p, --properties-output: write out a Java .properties file
--stringtable-output: write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
-w, --width=NUMBER: set output page width
--no-wrap: do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines
-s, --sort-output: generate sorted output
-F, --sort-by-file: sort output by file location

Informative output:

-h, --help: display this help and exit
-V, --version: output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.