MSGFILTER

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2020
Page Index

NAME

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

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.