NAME
msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]
DESCRIPTION
Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog. Finds dupli‐
cate translations of the same message ID. Such duplicates are invalid
input for other programs like msgfmt, msgmerge or msgcat. By default,
duplicates are merged together. When using the repeated option, only
duplicates are output, and all other messages are discarded. Comments
and extracted comments will be cumulated, except that if use-first is
specified, they will be taken from the first translation. File posi‐
tions will be cumulated. When using the unique option, duplicates
are discarded.
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:
-d, repeated
print only duplicates
-u, unique
print only unique messages, discard duplicates
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:
-t, to-code=NAME
encoding for output
use-first
use first available translation for each message, don't merge
several translations
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 msguniq is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and msguniq programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info msguniq
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext-tools 0.19.8.1 June 2016 MSGUNIQ(1)