msgattrib
attribute matching and manipulation on message catalog
Synopsis
msgattrib
[OPTION] [INPUTFILE]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
for x in *.po; do
msgattrib --no-obsolete -o ${x}.new ${x}
mv ${x}.new ${x}
done
source
count=$(msgattrib --untranslated $lang | grep -c "msgid")
count2=$(msgattrib
--untranslated $js | grep -c "msgid")
source
for x in i18n/*.po; do
msgattrib --no-obsolete -o ${x}.new ${x}
mv ${x}.new ${x}
done
source
TOTAL=$(msgattrib --no-obsolete $PO_MESSAGES | count_msgids)
FUZZY=$(msgattrib --only-fuzzy --no-obsolete
$PO_MESSAGES | count_msgids)
msgattrib --translated --no-fuzzy --no-obsolete
$PO_MESSAGES \
| count_msgids
)
source
count=$(msgattrib --untranslated $lang | grep -c "msgid")
echo -e "$(dirname
$dir)\t$count"
done
source
todo=$(
msgattrib --untranslated "$X" |
grep -A 2147483647 "^#:"
msgattrib --fuzzy "$X" | grep -A
2147483647 "^#:"
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
--clear-previous
remove the "previous
msgid" from all messages
--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
copyright
Copyright © 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://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.
reporting bugs
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org>.
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
should give you
access to the complete manual.
author
Written by
Bruno Haible.