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MSGUNFMT(1) | User Commands | MSGUNFMT(1) |
NAME¶
msgunfmt - uncompile message catalog from binary format
SYNOPSIS¶
msgunfmt [OPTION] [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION¶
Convert binary message catalog to Uniforum style .po file.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Operation mode:¶
- -j, --java
- Java mode: input is a Java ResourceBundle class
- --csharp
- C# mode: input is a .NET .dll file
- --csharp-resources
- C# resources mode: input is a .NET .resources file
- --tcl
- Tcl mode: input is a tcl/msgcat .msg file
Input file location:¶
- FILE ...
- input .mo files
If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.
Input file location in Java mode:¶
- -r, --resource=RESOURCE
- resource name
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
The class name is determined by appending the locale name to the resource name, separated with an underscore. The class is located using the CLASSPATH.
Input file location in C# mode:¶
- -r, --resource=RESOURCE
- resource name
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- -d DIRECTORY
- base directory for locale dependent .dll files
The -l and -d options are mandatory. The .dll file is located in a subdirectory of the specified directory whose name depends on the locale.
Input file location in Tcl mode:¶
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- -d DIRECTORY
- base directory of .msg message catalogs
The -l and -d options are mandatory. The .msg file is located in the specified directory.
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 -.
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 indented output style
- --strict
- write strict uniforum style
- -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
Informative output:¶
- -h, --help
- display this help and exit
- -V, --version
- output version information and exit
- -v, --verbose
- increase verbosity level
AUTHOR¶
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
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 © 1995-2020 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 msgunfmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgunfmt programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info msgunfmt
should give you access to the complete manual.
February 2023 | GNU gettext-tools 0.21 |