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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.

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-22 Tue 16:04