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NAME
       msgfilter - edit translations of message catalog

SYNOPSIS
       msgfilter [OPTION] FILTER [FILTER-OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       Applies a filter to all translations of a translation cat-
       alog.

       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 -.

       The  FILTER  can  be  any program that reads a translation
       from standard input and writes a modified  translation  to
       standard output.

   Useful FILTER-OPTIONs when the FILTER is 'sed':
       -e, --expression=SCRIPT
              add SCRIPT to the commands to be executed

       -f, --file=SCRIPTFILE
              add  the  contents of SCRIPTFILE to the commands to
              be executed

       -n, --quiet, --silent
              suppress automatic printing of pattern space

   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:
       --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

       --indent
              indented output style

       --keep-header
              keep header entry unmodified, don't filter it

       --no-location
              suppress '#: filename:line' lines

       --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

AUTHOR
       Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C)  2001-2007  Free  Software Foundation, Inc.
       License   GPLv3+:   GNU   GPL   version   3    or    later
       
       This  is  free software: you are free to change and redis-
       tribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
       by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation  for msgfilter is maintained as a
       Texinfo manual.  If the info and  msgfilter  programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info msgfilter

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU gettext-tools 0.17    November 2007              MSGFILTER(1)