msgfilter
(1)
Name
msgfilter - edit translations of message catalog
Synopsis
msgfilter [OPTION] FILTER [FILTER-OPTION]
Description
GNU MSGFILTER(1)
NAME
msgfilter - edit translations of message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msgfilter [OPTION] FILTER [FILTER-OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Applies a filter to all translations of a translation cata-
log.
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.
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
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Output details:
--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:
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
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AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | text/gnu-gettext |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for msgfilter is maintained as a Tex-
info manual. If the info and msgfilter programs are prop-
erly installed at your site, the command
info msgfilter
should give you access to the complete manual.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.16.1.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
ware/gettext/.
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