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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.

-d, *–default-domain*=/NAME/

use NAME.po for output (instead of messages.po)

-o, *–output*=/FILE/

write output to specified file

-p, *–output-dir*=/DIR/

output files will be placed in directory DIR

If output file is -, output is written to standard output.

-L, *–language*=/NAME/

recognise the specified language (C, C++, ObjectiveC, PO, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Smalltalk, Java, JavaProperties, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Ruby, GCC-source, NXStringTable, RST, RSJ, Glade, Lua, JavaScript, Vala, Desktop)

-C, *–c*++

shorthand for *–language*=/C/++

By default the language is guessed depending on the input file name extension.

*–from-code*=/NAME/

encoding of input files (except for Python, Tcl, Glade)

By default the input files are assumed to be in ASCII.

-j, –join-existing

join messages with existing file

-x, *–exclude-file*=/FILE/.po

entries from FILE.po are not extracted

-cTAG, *–add-comments*=/TAG/

place comment blocks starting with TAG and preceding keyword lines in output file

-c, –add-comments

place all comment blocks preceding keyword lines in output file

*–check*=/NAME/

perform syntax check on messages (ellipsis-unicode, space-ellipsis,

quote-unicode, bullet-unicode)

*–sentence-end*=/TYPE/

type describing the end of sentence (single-space, which is the default,

or double-space)

-a, –extract-all

extract all strings (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Glade, Lua, JavaScript, Vala)

-kWORD, *–keyword*=/WORD/

look for WORD as an additional keyword

-k, –keyword

do not to use default keywords (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Glade, Lua, JavaScript, Vala, Desktop)

*–flag*=/WORD/:ARG:FLAG

additional flag for strings inside the argument number ARG of keyword WORD

(only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell,

Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Lua, JavaScript, Vala)

-T, –trigraphs

understand ANSI C trigraphs for input (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC)

*–its*=/FILE/

apply ITS rules from FILE (only XML based languages)

–qt

recognize Qt format strings (only language C++)

–kde

recognize KDE 4 format strings (only language C++)

–boost

recognize Boost format strings (only language C++)

–debug

more detailed formatstring recognition result

–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

–properties-output

write out a Java .properties file

–stringtable-output

write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file

–itstool

write out itstool comments

-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

–omit-header

don’t write header with ’msgid “”’ entry

*–copyright-holder*=/STRING/

set copyright holder in output

–foreign-user

omit FSF copyright in output for foreign user

*–package-name*=/PACKAGE/

set package name in output

*–package-version*=/VERSION/

set package version in output

*–msgid-bugs-address*=/EMAIL/@ADDRESS

set report address for msgid bugs

-m[STRING], –msgstr-prefix[=/STRING/]

use STRING or “” as prefix for msgstr values

-M[STRING], –msgstr-suffix[=/STRING/]

use STRING or “” as suffix for msgstr values

-h, –help

display this help and exit

-V, –version

output version information and exit

-v, –verbose

increase verbosity level