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NAME

msgattrib – attribute matching and manipulation on message catalog

SYNOPSIS

msgattrib [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION

Filters the messages of a translation catalog according to their attributes, and manipulates the attributes.

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:

–translated: keep translated, remove untranslated messages
–untranslated: keep untranslated, remove translated messages
–no-fuzzy: remove ‘fuzzy’ marked messages
–only-fuzzy: keep ‘fuzzy’ marked messages
–no-obsolete: remove obsolete #~ messages
–only-obsolete: keep obsolete #~ messages

Attribute manipulation:

–set-fuzzy: set all messages ‘fuzzy’
–clear-fuzzy: set all messages non-‘fuzzy’
–set-obsolete: set all messages obsolete
–clear-obsolete: set all messages non-obsolete
–previous: when setting ‘fuzzy’, keep previous msgids of translated messages.
–clear-previous: remove the "previous msgid" from all messages
–empty: when removing ‘fuzzy’, also set msgstr empty
–only-file=FILE.po: manipulate only entries listed in FILE.po
–ignore-file=FILE.po: manipulate only entries not listed in FILE.po
–fuzzy: synonym for –only-fuzzy –clear-fuzzy
–obsolete: synonym for –only-obsolete –clear-obsolete

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:

–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 [at] gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001-2016 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.

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