MSGATTRIB

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2020
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NAME

msgattrib - attribute matching and manipulation on message catalog

SYNOPSIS

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

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 -.

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 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.