NAME
msgfilter - edit translations of message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msgfilter [OPTION] FILTER [FILTER-OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
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 speci‐
fied 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
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 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.
GNU gettext-tools 0.19.8.1 June 2016 MSGFILTER(1)