NAME
msgcat - combines several message catalogs
SYNOPSIS
msgcat [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Concatenates and merges the specified PO files. Find messages which are common to two or more of the specified PO files. By using the --more-than option, greater commonality may be requested before messages are printed. Conversely, the --less-than option may be used to specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e. --less-than=2 will only print the unique messages). Translations, comments, extracted comments, and file positions will be cumulated, except that if --use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first PO file to define them.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file
location:
INPUTFILE ...
input files
-f, --files-from=FILE
get list of input files from FILE
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If input file 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:
-<, --less-than=NUMBER
print messages with less than this many definitions, defaults to infinite if not set
->, --more-than=NUMBER
print messages with more than this many definitions, defaults to 0 if not set
-u, --unique
shorthand for --less-than=2, requests that only unique messages be printed
Input file
syntax:
-P, --properties-input
input files are in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input
input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
Output
details:
-t, --to-code=NAME
encoding for output
--use-first
use first available translation for each message, don’t merge several translations
--lang=CATALOGNAME
set ’Language’ field in the header entry
--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
-e, --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
-i, --indent
write the .po file using indented style
--no-location
do not write ’#: filename:line’ lines
-n, --add-location
generate ’#: filename:line’ lines (default)
--strict
write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
-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 in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>; or by email to <bug-gettext [AT] gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
© 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://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.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for msgcat is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgcat programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info msgcat
should give you access to the complete manual.