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NAME
msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]
DESCRIPTION
Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog. Finds dupli-
cate translations of the same message ID. Such duplicates are invalid
input for other programs like msgfmt, msgmerge or msgcat. By default,
duplicates are merged together. When using the --repeated option, only
duplicates are output, and all other messages are discarded. Comments
and extracted comments will be cumulated, except that if --use-first is
specified, they will be taken from the first translation. File posi-
tions will be cumulated. When using the --unique option, duplicates
are discarded.
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 speci-
fied or if it is -.
Message selection:
-d, --repeated
print only duplicates
-u, --unique
print only unique messages, discard duplicates
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:
-t, --to-code=NAME
encoding for output
--use-first
use first available translation for each message, don't merge
several translations
--color
use colors and other text attributes always
--color=WHEN
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be 'al-
ways', '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://savan-
nah.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 msguniq is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and msguniq programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info msguniq
should give you access to the complete manual.
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