msgcat − combines several message catalogs
msgcat [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...
Concatenates and merges the specified PO files. Find messages which are common to two or more of the specified PO files. By using the −−more−than option, greater commonality may be requested before messages are printed. Conversely, the −−less−than option may be used to specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e. −−less−than=2 will only print the unique messages). Translations, comments, extracted comments, and file positions will be cumulated, except that if −−use−first is specified, they will be taken from the first PO file to define them.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file
location:
INPUTFILE ...
input files
−f, −−files−from=FILE
get list of input files from FILE
−D, −−directory=DIRECTORY
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If input file 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:
-<,
−−less−than=NUMBER
print messages with less than this many definitions, defaults to infinite if not set
->, −−more−than=NUMBER
print messages with more than this many definitions, defaults to 0 if not set
−u, −−unique
shorthand for −−less−than=2, requests that only unique messages be printed
Input file
syntax:
−P,
−−properties−input
input files are in Java .properties syntax
−−stringtable−input
input files are 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
−−lang=CATALOGNAME
set ’Language’ field in the header entry
−−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
Written by Bruno Haible.
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and
redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.
The full documentation for msgcat is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgcat programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info msgcat
should give you access to the complete manual.