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 | |
Output file location:
| -o, --output-file=FILE | |
| write output to specified file | |
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.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for msgfilter is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgfilter programs are properly installed at your site, the command
| info msgfilter | |
