msggrep
(1)
Name
msggrep - pattern matching on message catalog
Synopsis
msggrep [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]
Description
GNU MSGGREP(1)
NAME
msggrep - pattern matching on message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msggrep [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]
DESCRIPTION
Extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a
given pattern or belong to some given source files.
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:
[-N SOURCEFILE]... [-M DOMAINNAME]... [-J MSGCTXT-PAT-
TERN] [-K MSGID-PATTERN] [-T MSGSTR-PATTERN] [-C COM-
MENT-PATTERN] [-X EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN]
A message is selected if it comes from one of the specified
source files, or if it comes from one of the specified
domains, or if -J is given and its context (msgctxt) matches
MSGCTXT-PATTERN, or if -K is given and its key (msgid or
msgid_plural) matches MSGID-PATTERN, or if -T is given and
its translation (msgstr) matches MSGSTR-PATTERN, or if -C is
given and the translator's comment matches COMMENT-PATTERN,
or if -X is given and the extracted comment matches
EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN.
When more than one selection criterion is specified, the set
of selected messages is the union of the selected messages
of each criterion.
MSGCTXT-PATTERN or MSGID-PATTERN or MSGSTR-PATTERN or COM-
MENT-PATTERN or EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN syntax:
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[-E | -F] [-e PATTERN | -f FILE]...
PATTERNs are basic regular expressions by default, or
extended regular expressions if -E is given, or fixed
strings if -F is given.
-N, --location=SOURCEFILE
select messages extracted from SOURCEFILE
-M, --domain=DOMAINNAME
select messages belonging to domain DOMAINNAME
-J, --msgctxt
start of patterns for the msgctxt
-K, --msgid
start of patterns for the msgid
-T, --msgstr
start of patterns for the msgstr
-C, --comment
start of patterns for the translator's comment
-X, --extracted-comment
start of patterns for the extracted comment
-E, --extended-regexp
PATTERN is an extended regular expression
-F, --fixed-strings
PATTERN is a set of newline-separated strings
-e, --regexp=PATTERN
use PATTERN as a regular expression
-f, --file=FILE
obtain PATTERN from FILE
-i, --ignore-case
ignore case distinctions
-v, --invert-match
output only the messages that do not match any selec-
tion criterion
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)
--escape
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
--force-po
write PO file even if empty
--indent
indented output style
--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
--sort-output
generate sorted output
--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.
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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 msggrep is maintained as a Tex-
info manual. If the info and msggrep programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info msggrep
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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