Usage: /usr/bin/msgpre [OPTION...]
Pretranslates a translation catalog.
Warning: The pretranslations might not be what you expect.
They might be of the wrong form, be of poor quality, or reflect some biases.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file location:
-i, --input=INPUTFILE input PO file
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If no input file is given or if it 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:
--keep-fuzzy Keep fuzzy messages unmodified.
Pretranslate only untranslated messages.
Large Language Model (LLM) options:
--species=TYPE Specifies the type of LLM. The default and only
valid value is 'ollama'.
--url=URL Specifies the URL of the server that runs the LLM.
-m, --model=MODEL Specifies the model to use.
--prompt=TEXT Specifies the prompt to use before standard input.
--postprocess=COMMAND Specifies a command to post-process the output.
Input file syntax:
-P, --properties-input input file is in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
Output details:
--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
--force-po write PO file even if empty
--indent indented output style
--no-location suppress '#: filename:line' lines
-n, --add-location preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
--strict strict Uniforum output style
-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
-q, --quiet, --silent suppress progress indicators
Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>
or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
Options (27)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-i, --input INPUTFILE | input PO 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 |
--keep-fuzzy | Keep fuzzy messages unmodified. | help + man |
--species TYPE | Specifies the type of LLM. | help + man |
--url URL | Specifies the URL of the server that runs the LLM. | help + man |
-m, --model MODEL | Specifies the model to use. | help + man |
--prompt TEXT | Specifies the prompt to use before standard input. | help + man |
--postprocess COMMAND | Specifies a command to post-process the output. | help + man |
-P, --properties-input | input file is in Java .properties syntax | help + man |
--stringtable-input | input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax | help + man |
--color | use colors and other text attributes always | help + man |
--style STYLEFILE | specify CSS style rule file for --color | help + man |
--force-po | write PO file even if empty | help + man |
--indent | indented output style | help + man |
--no-location | suppress '#: filename:line' lines | help + man |
-n, --add-location | preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default) | help + man |
--strict | strict Uniforum output style | 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 |
-q, --quiet, --silent | suppress progress indicators | 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.