NAME


msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog

SYNOPSIS


msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION


Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog. Finds duplicate translations of the same message ID. Such duplicates are invalid input for other programs like msgfmt, msgmerge or msgcat. By default, duplicates are merged together. When using the --repeated option, only duplicates are output, and all other messages are discarded. Comments and extracted comments will be cumulated, except that if --use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first translation. File positions will be cumulated. When using the --unique option, duplicates are discarded.

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

Input file location:

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 -.

Message selection:

-d, --repeated
 print only duplicates
-u, --unique
 print only unique messages, discard duplicates

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:

-t, --to-code=NAME
 encoding for output
--use-first
 use first available translation for each message, don’t merge several translations
-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 msguniq is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msguniq programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info msguniq
should give you access to the complete manual.

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