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.TH XGETTEXT "1" "February 2024" "GNU gettext-tools 0.21" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
xgettext \- extract gettext strings from source
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B xgettext
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR] [\fI\,INPUTFILE\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Extract translatable strings from given input files.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Similarly for optional arguments.
.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\-d\fR, \fB\-\-default\-domain\fR=\fI\,NAME\/\fR
use NAME.po for output (instead of messages.po)
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
write output to specified file
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-output\-dir\fR=\fI\,DIR\/\fR
output files will be placed in directory DIR
.PP
If output file is \-, output is written to standard output.
.SS "Choice of input file language:"
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-language\fR=\fI\,NAME\/\fR
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)
.TP
\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-c\fR++
shorthand for \fB\-\-language\fR=\fI\,C\/\fR++
.PP
By default the language is guessed depending on the input file name extension.
.SS "Input file interpretation:"
.TP
\fB\-\-from\-code\fR=\fI\,NAME\/\fR
encoding of input files
(except for Python, Tcl, Glade)
.PP
By default the input files are assumed to be in ASCII.
.SS "Operation mode:"
.TP
\fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-join\-existing\fR
join messages with existing file
.TP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-exclude\-file\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR.po
entries from FILE.po are not extracted
.TP
\fB\-cTAG\fR, \fB\-\-add\-comments\fR=\fI\,TAG\/\fR
place comment blocks starting with TAG and
preceding keyword lines in output file
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-add\-comments\fR
place all comment blocks preceding keyword lines
in output file
.TP
\fB\-\-check\fR=\fI\,NAME\/\fR
perform syntax check on messages
(ellipsis\-unicode, space\-ellipsis,
.IP
quote\-unicode, bullet\-unicode)
.TP
\fB\-\-sentence\-end\fR=\fI\,TYPE\/\fR
type describing the end of sentence
(single\-space, which is the default,
.IP
or double\-space)
.SS "Language specific options:"
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-extract\-all\fR
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)
.TP
\fB\-kWORD\fR, \fB\-\-keyword\fR=\fI\,WORD\/\fR
look for WORD as an additional keyword
.TP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keyword\fR
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)
.TP
\fB\-\-flag\fR=\fI\,WORD\/\fR:ARG:FLAG
additional flag for strings inside the argument
number ARG of keyword WORD
.TP
(only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell,
Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java,
C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC\-source,
Lua, JavaScript, Vala)
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-trigraphs\fR
understand ANSI C trigraphs for input
(only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC)
.TP
\fB\-\-its\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
apply ITS rules from FILE
(only XML based languages)
.TP
\fB\-\-qt\fR
recognize Qt format strings
(only language C++)
.TP
\fB\-\-kde\fR
recognize KDE 4 format strings
(only language C++)
.TP
\fB\-\-boost\fR
recognize Boost format strings
(only language C++)
.TP
\fB\-\-debug\fR
more detailed formatstring recognition result
.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 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\-\-properties\-output\fR
write out a Java .properties file
.TP
\fB\-\-stringtable\-output\fR
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
.TP
\fB\-\-itstool\fR
write out itstool comments
.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
.TP
\fB\-\-omit\-header\fR
don't write header with 'msgid ""' entry
.TP
\fB\-\-copyright\-holder\fR=\fI\,STRING\/\fR
set copyright holder in output
.TP
\fB\-\-foreign\-user\fR
omit FSF copyright in output for foreign user
.TP
\fB\-\-package\-name\fR=\fI\,PACKAGE\/\fR
set package name in output
.TP
\fB\-\-package\-version\fR=\fI\,VERSION\/\fR
set package version in output
.TP
\fB\-\-msgid\-bugs\-address\fR=\fI\,EMAIL\/\fR@ADDRESS
set report address for msgid bugs
.TP
\fB\-m[STRING]\fR, \fB\-\-msgstr\-prefix\fR[=\fI\,STRING\/\fR]
use STRING or "" as prefix for msgstr
values
.TP
\fB\-M[STRING]\fR, \fB\-\-msgstr\-suffix\fR[=\fI\,STRING\/\fR]
use STRING or "" as suffix for msgstr
values
.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 xgettext
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B xgettext
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info xgettext
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.