Usage: /usr/bin/msgcat [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...
Concatenates and merges the specified PO files.
Find messages which are common to two or more of the specified PO files.
By using the --more-than option, greater commonality may be requested
before messages are printed. Conversely, the --less-than option may be
used to specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e.
--less-than=2 will only print the unique messages). Translations,
comments, extracted comments, and file positions will be cumulated, except
that if --use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first PO file
to define them.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file location:
INPUTFILE ... input files
-f, --files-from=FILE get list of input files from FILE
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If input file 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 specified
or if it is -.
Message selection:
-<, --less-than=NUMBER print messages with less than this many
definitions, defaults to infinite if not set
->, --more-than=NUMBER print messages with more than this many
definitions, defaults to 0 if not set
-u, --unique shorthand for --less-than=2, requests
that only unique messages be printed
Input file syntax:
-P, --properties-input input files are in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input input files are 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
--lang=CATALOGNAME set 'Language' field in the header entry
--color use colors and other text attributes always
--color=WHEN use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.
WHEN may be 'always', '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
Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>
or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
Options (28)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
--less-than 2 | print messages with less than this many definitions, defaults to infinite if not set | help + man |
-f, --files-from FILE | get list of input files from FILE | help + man |
-D, --directory DIRECTORY | add DIRECTORY to list for input files search | help + man |
-o, --output-file FILE | write output to specified file | help + man |
--more-than NUMBER | print messages with more than this many definitions, defaults to 0 if not set | help + man |
-u, --unique | shorthand for --less-than=2, requests that only unique messages be printed | help + man |
-P, --properties-input | input files are in Java .properties syntax | help + man |
--stringtable-input | input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax | help + man |
-t, --to-code NAME | encoding for output | help + man |
--use-first | use first available translation for each message, don't merge several translations | help + man |
--lang CATALOGNAME | set 'Language' field in the header entry | help + man |
--color | use colors and other text attributes always | help + man |
--style STYLEFILE | specify CSS style rule file for --color | help + man |
-e, --no-escape | do not use C escapes in output (default) | help + man |
-E, --escape | use C escapes in output, no extended chars | help + man |
--force-po | write PO file even if empty | help + man |
-i, --indent | write the .po file using indented style | help + man |
--no-location | do not write '#: filename:line' lines | help + man |
-n, --add-location | generate '#: filename:line' lines (default) | help + man |
--strict | write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file | help + man |
-p, --properties-output | write out a Java .properties file | help + man |
--stringtable-output | write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file | help + man |
-w, --width NUMBER | set output page width | help + man |
--no-wrap | do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines | help + man |
-s, --sort-output | generate sorted output | help + man |
-F, --sort-by-file | sort output by file location | help + man |
-h, --help | display this help and exit | help + man |
-V, --version | output version information and exit | help + man |
Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.