NAME


msgcat - combines several message catalogs

SYNOPSIS


msgcat [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...

DESCRIPTION


Concatenates and merges the specified PO files. Find messages which are common to two or more of the specified PO files. By using the --more-than option, greater commonality may be requested before messages are printed. Conversely, the --less-than option may be used to specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e. --less-than=2 will only print the unique messages). Translations, comments and extract comments will be cumulated, except that if --use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first PO file to define them. File positions from all PO files will be cumulated.

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

Input file location:

INPUTFILE ...
 input files
-f, --files-from=FILE
 get list of input files from FILE
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY
 add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If input file 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 -.

Message selection:

-<, --less-than=NUMBER
 print messages with less than this many definitions, defaults to infinite if not set
->, --more-than=NUMBER
 print messages with more than this many definitions, defaults to 0 if not set
-u, --unique
 shorthand for --less-than=2, requests that only unique messages be printed

Input file syntax:

-P, --properties-input
 input files are in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input
 input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

Output details:

-t, --to-code=NAME
 encoding for output
--use-first
 use first available translation for each message, don’t merge several translations
--color use colors and other text attributes always
--color=WHEN
 use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be ’always’, ’never’, ’auto’, or ’html’.
--style=STYLEFILE
 specify CSS style rule file for --color
-e, --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
-i, --indent
 write the .po file using indented style
--no-location
 do not write ’#: filename:line’ lines
-n, --add-location
 generate ’#: filename:line’ lines (default)
--strict
 write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
-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.

SEE ALSO


The full documentation for msgcat is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgcat programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info msgcat
should give you access to the complete manual.

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