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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

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 -.

The FILTER can be any program that reads a translation from standard input and writes a modified translation to standard output.

Filter input and output:

–newline: add a newline at the end of input and remove a newline from the end of 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:

–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
–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
-n, –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 [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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