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MSGUNIQ(1) User Commands MSGUNIQ(1)

NAME

msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog

SYNOPSIS

msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION

Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog. Finds duplicate translations of the same message ID. Such duplicates are invalid input for other programs like msgfmt, msgmerge or msgcat. By default, duplicates are merged together. When using the --repeated option, only duplicates are output, and all other messages are discarded. Comments and extracted comments will be cumulated, except that if --use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first translation. File positions will be cumulated. When using the --unique option, duplicates are discarded.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

Input file location:

input PO file
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:

write output to specified file

The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.

Message selection:

print only duplicates
print only unique messages, discard duplicates

Input file syntax:

input file is in Java .properties syntax
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

Output details:

encoding for output
use first available translation for each message, don't merge several translations
use colors and other text attributes always
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
specify CSS style rule file for --color
do not use C escapes in output (default)
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
write PO file even if empty
write the .po file using indented style
do not write '#: filename:line' lines
generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
write out a Java .properties file
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
set output page width
do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines
generate sorted output
sort output by file location

Informative output:

display this help and exit
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 msguniq is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msguniq programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info msguniq

should give you access to the complete manual.

February 2023 GNU gettext-tools 0.21