msguniq

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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 transla-
       tion.  File positions 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

       -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 <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 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 0.14.1	 January 2004			   MSGUNIQ(1)