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MSGFILTER(1) GNU MSGFILTER(1)
msgfilter - edit translations of message catalog
msgfilter [OPTION] FILTER [FILTER-OPTION]
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
Written by Bruno Haible.
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
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.
The full documentation for msgfilter is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the info and msgfilter programs are properly installed at
your site, the command
info msgfilter
should give you access to the complete manual.
This page is part of the gettext (message translation) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/⟩. If you have a bug report for
this manual page, see ⟨http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext/⟩.
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GNU gettext-tools 0.19.8.1.6-c77646July 2016 MSGFILTER(1)