msgfilter
edit translations of message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msgfilter [OPTION] FILTER [FILTER-OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file location:
- -i, --input=INPUTFILE
-
input PO file
- -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
-
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:
- -o, --output-file=FILE
-
write output to specified file
The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.
The FILTER can be any program that reads a translation from standard input and writes a modified translation to standard output.
Filter input and output:
- --newline
-
add a newline at the end of input and remove a newline from the end of output
Useful FILTER-OPTIONs when the FILTER is 'sed':
- -e, --expression=SCRIPT
-
add SCRIPT to the commands to be executed
- -f, --file=SCRIPTFILE
-
add the contents of SCRIPTFILE to the commands to be executed
- -n, --quiet, --silent
-
suppress automatic printing of pattern space
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
- --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
- --indent
-
indented output style
- --keep-header
-
keep header entry unmodified, don't filter it
- --no-location
-
suppress '#: filename:line' lines
- -n, --add-location
-
preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
- --strict
-
strict Uniforum output style
- -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
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 msgfilter is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgfilter programs are properly installed at your site, the command info msgfilter should give you access to the complete manual.
AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
