gettext: msgcomm Invocation
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1 9.6 Invoking the ‘msgcomm’ Program
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1 msgcomm [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...
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1 The ‘msgcomm’ program finds messages which are common to two or more
1 of the specified PO files. By using the ‘--more-than’ option, greater
1 commonality may be requested before messages are printed. Conversely,
1 the ‘--less-than’ option may be used to specify less commonality before
1 messages are printed (i.e. ‘--less-than=2’ will only print the unique
1 messages). Translations, comments and extracted comments will be
1 preserved, but only from the first PO file to define them. File
1 positions from all PO files will be cumulated.
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1 9.6.1 Input file location
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1 ‘INPUTFILE …’
1 Input files.
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1 ‘-f FILE’
1 ‘--files-from=FILE’
1 Read the names of the input files from FILE instead of getting them
1 from the command line.
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1 ‘-D DIRECTORY’
1 ‘--directory=DIRECTORY’
1 Add DIRECTORY to the list of directories. Source files are
1 searched relative to this list of directories. The resulting ‘.po’
1 file will be written relative to the current directory, though.
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1 If INPUTFILE is ‘-’, standard input is read.
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1 9.6.2 Output file location
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1 ‘-o FILE’
1 ‘--output-file=FILE’
1 Write output to specified file.
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1 The results are written to standard output if no output file is
1 specified or if it is ‘-’.
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1 9.6.3 Message selection
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1 ‘-< NUMBER’
1 ‘--less-than=NUMBER’
1 Print messages with less than NUMBER definitions, defaults to
1 infinite if not set.
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1 ‘-> NUMBER’
1 ‘--more-than=NUMBER’
1 Print messages with more than NUMBER definitions, defaults to 1 if
1 not set.
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1 ‘-u’
1 ‘--unique’
1 Shorthand for ‘--less-than=2’. Requests that only unique messages
1 be printed.
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1 9.6.4 Input file syntax
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1 ‘-P’
1 ‘--properties-input’
1 Assume the input files are Java ResourceBundles in Java
1 ‘.properties’ syntax, not in PO file syntax.
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1 ‘--stringtable-input’
1 Assume the input files are NeXTstep/GNUstep localized resource
1 files in ‘.strings’ syntax, not in PO file syntax.
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1 9.6.5 Output details
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1 ‘--color’
1 ‘--color=WHEN’
1 Specify whether or when to use colors and other text attributes.
1 See ⇒The --color option for details.
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1 ‘--style=STYLE_FILE’
11 Specify the CSS style rule file to use for ‘--color’. See ⇒
The --style option for details.
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1 ‘--force-po’
1 Always write an output file even if it contains no message.
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1 ‘-i’
1 ‘--indent’
1 Write the .po file using indented style.
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1 ‘--no-location’
1 Do not write ‘#: FILENAME:LINE’ lines.
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1 ‘-n’
1 ‘--add-location=TYPE’
1 Generate ‘#: FILENAME:LINE’ lines (default).
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1 The optional TYPE can be either ‘full’, ‘file’, or ‘never’. If it
1 is not given or ‘full’, it generates the lines with both file name
1 and line number. If it is ‘file’, the line number part is omitted.
1 If it is ‘never’, it completely suppresses the lines (same as
1 ‘--no-location’).
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1 ‘--strict’
1 Write out a strict Uniforum conforming PO file. Note that this
1 Uniforum format should be avoided because it doesn’t support the
1 GNU extensions.
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1 ‘-p’
1 ‘--properties-output’
1 Write out a Java ResourceBundle in Java ‘.properties’ syntax. Note
1 that this file format doesn’t support plural forms and silently
1 drops obsolete messages.
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1 ‘--stringtable-output’
1 Write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep localized resource file in ‘.strings’
1 syntax. Note that this file format doesn’t support plural forms.
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1 ‘-w NUMBER’
1 ‘--width=NUMBER’
1 Set the output page width. Long strings in the output files will
1 be split across multiple lines in order to ensure that each line’s
1 width (= number of screen columns) is less or equal to the given
1 NUMBER.
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1 ‘--no-wrap’
1 Do not break long message lines. Message lines whose width exceeds
1 the output page width will not be split into several lines. Only
1 file reference lines which are wider than the output page width
1 will be split.
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1 ‘-s’
1 ‘--sort-output’
1 Generate sorted output. Note that using this option makes it much
1 harder for the translator to understand each message’s context.
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1 ‘-F’
1 ‘--sort-by-file’
1 Sort output by file location.
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1 ‘--omit-header’
1 Don’t write header with ‘msgid ""’ entry.
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1 9.6.6 Informative output
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1 ‘-h’
1 ‘--help’
1 Display this help and exit.
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1 ‘-V’
1 ‘--version’
1 Output version information and exit.
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