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| <h1 align="center">MSGCAT</h1> |
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| <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> |
| <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> |
| <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> |
| <a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br> |
| <a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br> |
| <a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br> |
| <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> |
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| <h2>NAME |
| <a name="NAME"></a> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">msgcat - |
| combines several message catalogs</p> |
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| <h2>SYNOPSIS |
| <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> |
| </h2> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>msgcat</b> |
| [<i>OPTION</i>] [<i>INPUTFILE</i>]...</p> |
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| <h2>DESCRIPTION |
| <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Concatenates |
| and merges the specified PO files. Find messages which are |
| common to two or more of the specified PO files. By using |
| the <b>--more-than</b> option, greater |
| commonality may be requested before messages are printed. |
| Conversely, the <b>--less-than</b> option |
| may be used to specify less commonality before messages are |
| printed (i.e. <b>--less-than</b>=<i>2</i> |
| will only print the unique messages). Translations, |
| comments, extracted comments, and file positions will be |
| cumulated, except that if |
| <b>--use-first</b> is specified, they will |
| be taken from the first PO file to define them.</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Mandatory |
| arguments to long options are mandatory for short options |
| too.</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file |
| location:</b> <br> |
| INPUTFILE ...</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">input files</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-f</b>, |
| <b>--files-from</b>=<i>FILE</i></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">get list of input files from |
| FILE</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-D</b>, |
| <b>--directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">add DIRECTORY to list for input |
| files search</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If input file |
| is -, standard input is read.</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file |
| location: <br> |
| -o</b>, |
| <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified |
| file</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The results are |
| written to standard output if no output file is specified or |
| if it is -.</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Message |
| selection:</b> <br> |
| -<, |
| <b>--less-than</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">print messages with less than |
| this many definitions, defaults to infinite if not set</p> |
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|
| <p style="margin-left:11%;">->, |
| <b>--more-than</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">print messages with more than |
| this many definitions, defaults to 0 if not set</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-u</b>, |
| <b>--unique</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">shorthand for |
| <b>--less-than</b>=<i>2</i>, requests that |
| only unique messages be printed</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file |
| syntax: <br> |
| -P</b>, |
| <b>--properties-input</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">input files are in Java |
| .properties syntax</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--stringtable-input</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">input files are in |
| NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output |
| details: <br> |
| -t</b>, |
| <b>--to-code</b>=<i>NAME</i></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">encoding for output</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--use-first</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">use first available translation |
| for each message, don’t merge several translations</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--lang</b>=<i>CATALOGNAME</i></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">set ’Language’ |
| field in the header entry</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--color</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text |
| attributes always</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--color</b>=<i>WHEN</i></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text |
| attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be ’always’, |
| ’never’, ’auto’, or |
| ’html’.</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--style</b>=<i>STYLEFILE</i></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">specify CSS style rule file for |
| <b>--color</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-e</b>, |
| <b>--no-escape</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not use C escapes in output |
| (default)</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-E</b>, |
| <b>--escape</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">use C escapes in output, no |
| extended chars</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--force-po</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">write PO file even if empty</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-i</b>, |
| <b>--indent</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">write the .po file using |
| indented style</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-location</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not write ’#: |
| filename:line’ lines</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-n</b>, |
| <b>--add-location</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">generate ’#: |
| filename:line’ lines (default)</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--strict</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out strict Uniforum |
| conforming .po file</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-p</b>, |
| <b>--properties-output</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a Java .properties |
| file</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--stringtable-output</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep |
| .strings file</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-w</b>, |
| <b>--width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">set output page width</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-wrap</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not break long message |
| lines, longer than the output page width, into several |
| lines</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-s</b>, |
| <b>--sort-output</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">generate sorted output</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-F</b>, |
| <b>--sort-by-file</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">sort output by file |
| location</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Informative |
| output: <br> |
| -h</b>, <b>--help</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">display this help and exit</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-V</b>, |
| <b>--version</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%;">output version information and |
| exit</p> |
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| <h2>AUTHOR |
| <a name="AUTHOR"></a> |
| </h2> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Written by |
| Bruno Haible.</p> |
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| <h2>REPORTING BUGS |
| <a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a> |
| </h2> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Report bugs in |
| the bug tracker at |
| <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by |
| email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.</p> |
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| <h2>COPYRIGHT |
| <a name="COPYRIGHT"></a> |
| </h2> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright |
| © 2001-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later |
| <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> <br> |
| This is free software: you are free to change and |
| redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent |
| permitted by law.</p> |
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| <h2>SEE ALSO |
| <a name="SEE ALSO"></a> |
| </h2> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The full |
| documentation for <b>msgcat</b> is maintained as a Texinfo |
| manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msgcat</b> programs are |
| properly installed at your site, the command</p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>info |
| msgcat</b></p> |
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| <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">should give you |
| access to the complete manual.</p> |
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