MSGATTRIB(1) GNU MSGATTRIB(1)NAMEmsgattrib - attribute matching and manipulation on message
catalog
SYNOPSISmsgattrib [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 specified 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
--fuzzy
synonym for --only-fuzzy --clear-fuzzy
--obsolete
synonym for --only-obsolete --clear-obsolete
Output details:
-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
-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 (C) 2001-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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 0.11.5 August 2002 MSGATTRIB(1)