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.TH MSGUNFMT "1" "February 2024" "GNU gettext-tools 0.21" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
msgunfmt \- uncompile message catalog from binary format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B msgunfmt
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR] [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Convert binary message catalog to Uniforum style .po file.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.SS "Operation mode:"
.TP
\fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-java\fR
Java mode: input is a Java ResourceBundle class
.TP
\fB\-\-csharp\fR
C# mode: input is a .NET .dll file
.TP
\fB\-\-csharp\-resources\fR
C# resources mode: input is a .NET .resources file
.TP
\fB\-\-tcl\fR
Tcl mode: input is a tcl/msgcat .msg file
.SS "Input file location:"
.TP
FILE ...
input .mo files
.PP
If no input file is given or if it is \-, standard input is read.
.SS "Input file location in Java mode:"
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-resource\fR=\fI\,RESOURCE\/\fR
resource name
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-locale\fR=\fI\,LOCALE\/\fR
locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
.PP
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.
.SS "Input file location in C# mode:"
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-resource\fR=\fI\,RESOURCE\/\fR
resource name
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-locale\fR=\fI\,LOCALE\/\fR
locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
.TP
\fB\-d\fR DIRECTORY
base directory for locale dependent .dll files
.PP
The \fB\-l\fR and \fB\-d\fR options are mandatory.  The .dll file is located in a
subdirectory of the specified directory whose name depends on the locale.
.SS "Input file location in Tcl mode:"
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-locale\fR=\fI\,LOCALE\/\fR
locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
.TP
\fB\-d\fR DIRECTORY
base directory of .msg message catalogs
.PP
The \fB\-l\fR and \fB\-d\fR options are mandatory.  The .msg file is located in the
specified directory.
.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 "Output details:"
.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 indented output style
.TP
\fB\-\-strict\fR
write strict uniforum style
.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
.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
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
increase verbosity level
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
.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 1995\-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 msgunfmt
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B msgunfmt
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info msgunfmt
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.