<html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> <title>MSGUNIQ</title> </head> <body> <h1 align=center>MSGUNIQ</h1> <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> <hr> <!-- Creator : groff version 1.17.2 --> <a name="NAME"></a> <h2>NAME</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog</td></table> <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>msguniq</b> [<i>OPTION</i>] [<i>INPUTFILE</i>]</td></table> <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog. Finds duplicate 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 <b>--repeated</b> option, only duplicates are output, and all other messages are discarded. Comments and extracted comments will be cumulated, except that if <b>--use-first</b> is specified, they will be taken from the first translation. File positions will be cumulated. When using the <b>--unique</b> option, duplicates are discarded.</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> <b>Input file location:</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> INPUTFILE</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> input PO file</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-D</b>, <b>--directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> add DIRECTORY to list for input files search</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> <b>Output file location:</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-o</b>, <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> write output to specified file</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> <b>Message selection:</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-d</b>, <b>--repeated</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> print only duplicates</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-u</b>, <b>--unique</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> print only unique messages, discard duplicates</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> <b>Input file syntax:</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-P</b>, <b>--properties-input</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> input file is in Java .properties syntax</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>--stringtable-input</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> <b>Output details:</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-t</b>, <b>--to-code</b>=<i>NAME</i></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> encoding for output</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>--use-first</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> use first available translation for each message, don't merge several translations</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-e</b>, <b>--no-escape</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> do not use C escapes in output (default)</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-E</b>, <b>--escape</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> use C escapes in output, no extended chars</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>--force-po</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> write PO file even if empty</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-i</b>, <b>--indent</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> write the .po file using indented style</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>--no-location</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> do not write '#: filename:line' lines</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-n</b>, <b>--add-location</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>--strict</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-p</b>, <b>--properties-output</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> write out a Java .properties file</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>--stringtable-output</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-w</b>, <b>--width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> set output page width</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>--no-wrap</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-s</b>, <b>--sort-output</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> generate sorted output</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-F</b>, <b>--sort-by-file</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> sort output by file location</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> <b>Informative output:</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-h</b>, <b>--help</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> display this help and exit</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>-V</b>, <b>--version</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> output version information and exit</td></table> <a name="AUTHOR"></a> <h2>AUTHOR</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> Written by Bruno Haible.</td></table> <a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a> <h2>REPORTING BUGS</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.</td></table> <a name="COPYRIGHT"></a> <h2>COPYRIGHT</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> Copyright 2001-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<br> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.</td></table> <a name="SEE ALSO"></a> <h2>SEE ALSO</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> The full documentation for <b>msguniq</b> is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msguniq</b> programs are properly installed at your site, the command</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> <b>info msguniq</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> should give you access to the complete manual.</td></table> <hr> </body> </html>