Man1 - msgattrib.1
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NAME
msgattrib - attribute matching and manipulation on message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msgattrib [/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
- –previous
- when setting ’fuzzy’, keep previous msgids of translated messages.
- –clear-previous
- remove the “previous msgid” from all messages
- –empty
- when removing ’fuzzy’, also set msgstr empty
- *–only-file*=/FILE/.po
- manipulate only entries listed in FILE.po
- *–ignore-file*=/FILE/.po
- manipulate only entries not listed in FILE.po
- –fuzzy
- synonym for –only-fuzzy –clear-fuzzy
- –obsolete
- synonym for –only-obsolete –clear-obsolete
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:
- –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 in the bug tracker at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later https://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.
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.