msgfilter - Unix, Linux Command

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:

Tag	Description
-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:

Tag	Description
-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.

Useful FILTER-OPTIONs when the FILTER is ’sed’:

Tag	Description
-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:

Tag	Description
-P, --properties-input
	input file is in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input
	input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

Output details:

Tag	Description
--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:

Tag	Description
-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 © 2001-2005 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.