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MSGATTRIB(1) | GNU | MSGATTRIB(1) |
NAME¶
msgattrib - attribute matching and manipulation on message catalogSYNOPSIS¶
msgattrib [ OPTION] [INPUTFILE]DESCRIPTION¶
Filters the messages of a translation catalog according to their attributes, and manipulates the attributes. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.Input file location:¶
- INPUTFILE
- input PO file
- -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
- add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
Output file location:¶
- -o, --output-file=FILE
- write output to specified file
Message selection:¶
- --translated
- keep translated, remove untranslated messages
- --untranslated
- keep untranslated, remove translated messages
- --no-fuzzy
- remove 'fuzzy' marked messages
- --only-fuzzy
- keep 'fuzzy' marked messages
- --no-obsolete
- remove obsolete #~ messages
- --only-obsolete
- keep obsolete #~ messages
Attribute manipulation:¶
- --set-fuzzy
- set all messages 'fuzzy'
- --clear-fuzzy
- set all messages non-'fuzzy'
- --set-obsolete
- set all messages obsolete
- --clear-obsolete
- set all messages non-obsolete
- --previous
- when setting 'fuzzy', keep previous msgids of translated messages.
- --clear-previous
- remove the "previous msgid" from all messages
- --empty
- when removing 'fuzzy', also set msgstr empty
- --only-file=FILE.po
- manipulate only entries listed in FILE.po
- --ignore-file=FILE.po
- manipulate only entries not listed in FILE.po
- --fuzzy
- synonym for --only-fuzzy --clear-fuzzy
- --obsolete
- synonym for --only-obsolete --clear-obsolete
Input file syntax:¶
- -P, --properties-input
- input file is in Java .properties syntax
- --stringtable-input
- input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
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 the .po file using indented style
- --no-location
- do not write '#: filename:line' lines
- -n, --add-location
- generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
- --strict
- write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
- -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
- -F, --sort-by-file
- sort output by file location
Informative output:¶
- -h, --help
- display this help and exit
- -V, --version
- output version information and exit
AUTHOR¶
Written by Bruno Haible.REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for msgattrib is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgattrib programs are properly installed at your site, the command- info msgattrib
October 2014 | GNU gettext-tools 0.19.3 |