NAME
msgattrib - attribute matching and manipulation on message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msgattrib [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]
DESCRIPTION
Filters the messages of a translation catalog according to their
attributes, and manipulates the attributes.
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 speci‐
fied or if it is -.
Message selection:
translated
keep translated, remove untranslated messages
untranslated
keep untranslated, remove translated messages
no-fuzzy
remove 'fuzzy' marked messages
only-fuzzy
keep 'fuzzy' marked messages
no-obsolete
remove obsolete #~ messages
only-obsolete
keep obsolete #~ messages
Attribute manipulation:
set-fuzzy
set all messages 'fuzzy'
clear-fuzzy
set all messages non-'fuzzy'
set-obsolete
set all messages obsolete
clear-obsolete
set all messages non-obsolete
previous
when setting 'fuzzy', keep previous msgids of translated mes‐
sages.
clear-previous
remove the "previous msgid" from all messages
empty
when removing 'fuzzy', also set msgstr empty
only-file=FILE.po
manipulate only entries listed in FILE.po
ignore-file=FILE.po
manipulate only entries not listed in FILE.po
fuzzy
synonym for only-fuzzy clear-fuzzy
obsolete
synonym for only-obsolete clear-obsolete
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
-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 to .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later
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 msgattrib is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and msgattrib programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info msgattrib
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext-tools 0.19.8.1 June 2016 MSGATTRIB(1)