msgfilter

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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.

   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:
       --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

       --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 <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2001-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is	 free software; see the source for copying conditions.	There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation for msgfilter is maintained as a Texinfo man-
       ual.  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 0.14.1	 January 2004			 MSGFILTER(1)