msgfilter
edit translations of message catalog
Synopsis
msgfilter
[OPTION] FILTER [FILTER-OPTION]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
./application/locale/keys.pot | \
msgfilter \
--indent \
--strict \
-i - \
-o "application/locale/$dn/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po"
\
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.
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
--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
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 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.