| msgcat - combines several message catalogs |
| msgcat [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]... |
| 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 |
| -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 |
| Written by Bruno Haible. |
| Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>. |
|
Copyright 2001-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
| 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. |