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.TH MSGCAT "1" "February 2024" "GNU gettext-tools 0.21" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
msgcat \- combines several message catalogs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B msgcat
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR] [\fI\,INPUTFILE\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Concatenates and merges the specified PO files.
Find messages which are common to two or more of the specified PO files.
By using the \fB\-\-more\-than\fR option, greater commonality may be requested
before messages are printed.  Conversely, the \fB\-\-less\-than\fR option may be
used to specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e.
\fB\-\-less\-than\fR=\fI\,2\/\fR will only print the unique messages).  Translations,
comments, extracted comments, and file positions will be cumulated, except
that if \fB\-\-use\-first\fR is specified, they will be taken from the first PO file
to define them.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.SS "Input file location:"
.TP
INPUTFILE ...
input files
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-files\-from\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
get list of input files from FILE
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fI\,DIRECTORY\/\fR
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
.PP
If input file is \-, standard input is read.
.SS "Output file location:"
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
write output to specified file
.PP
The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified
or if it is \-.
.SS "Message selection:"
.TP
\-<, \fB\-\-less\-than\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
print messages with less than this many
definitions, defaults to infinite if not set
.TP
\->, \fB\-\-more\-than\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
print messages with more than this many
definitions, defaults to 0 if not set
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-unique\fR
shorthand for \fB\-\-less\-than\fR=\fI\,2\/\fR, requests
that only unique messages be printed
.SS "Input file syntax:"
.TP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-input\fR
input files are in Java .properties syntax
.TP
\fB\-\-stringtable\-input\fR
input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings
syntax
.SS "Output details:"
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-to\-code\fR=\fI\,NAME\/\fR
encoding for output
.TP
\fB\-\-use\-first\fR
use first available translation for each
message, don't merge several translations
.TP
\fB\-\-lang\fR=\fI\,CATALOGNAME\/\fR
set 'Language' field in the header entry
.TP
\fB\-\-color\fR
use colors and other text attributes always
.TP
\fB\-\-color\fR=\fI\,WHEN\/\fR
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.
WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
.TP
\fB\-\-style\fR=\fI\,STYLEFILE\/\fR
specify CSS style rule file for \fB\-\-color\fR
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-no\-escape\fR
do not use C escapes in output (default)
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-escape\fR
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
.TP
\fB\-\-force\-po\fR
write PO file even if empty
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-indent\fR
write the .po file using indented style
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-location\fR
do not write '#: filename:line' lines
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-add\-location\fR
generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
.TP
\fB\-\-strict\fR
write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-output\fR
write out a Java .properties file
.TP
\fB\-\-stringtable\-output\fR
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
set output page width
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-wrap\fR
do not break long message lines, longer than
the output page width, into several lines
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-output\fR
generate sorted output
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-by\-file\fR
sort output by file location
.SS "Informative output:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>
or by email to <bug\-gettext@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2001\-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B msgcat
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B msgcat
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info msgcat
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.