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/opt/chainguard/pysilfont/bin/psfchangegdlnames

SIL Global's Python font utilities (psf* command-line tools for UFO, TTF and OpenType feature workflows)

From pysilfont 1.8.0_git20260910-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running psfchangegdlnames --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: psfchangegdlnames [-h] [-n NAMES] [--names2 [NAMES2]] [--psnames PSNAMES] [-l LOG]
                         [-p PARAMS] [-q]
                         input [output]

Change graphite names within GDL based on a csv list in format
        old name, newname
    Logs any names not in list
    Also updates postscript names in postscript() statements based on psnames csv

positional arguments:
  input                Input file or folder
  output               Output file or folder

other arguments:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  -n, --names NAMES    Names csv file
  --names2 [NAMES2]    2nd names csv file
  --psnames PSNAMES    PS names csv file
  -l, --log LOG        Log file
  -p, --params PARAMS  Other parameters - see parameters.md for details
  -q, --quiet          Quiet mode - only display severe errors

For more help options use -h ?.  For more documentation see https://github.com/silnrsi/pysilfont/blob/master/docs/scripts.md#psfchangegdlnames

Version: 1.8.1.dev14
Copyright (c) 2014-2025, SIL Global (https://www.sil.org)
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpshow this help message and exithelp
-n, --names NAMESNames csv filehelp
--names2 NAMES22nd names csv filehelp
--psnames PSNAMESPS names csv filehelp
-l, --log LOGLog filehelp
-p, --params PARAMSOther parameters - see parameters.md for detailshelp
-q, --quietQuiet mode - only display severe errorshelp

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