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6 msgexec - process translations of message catalog
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9 msgexec [OPTION] COMMAND [COMMAND-OPTION]
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12 Applies a command to all translations of a translation catalog. The
13 COMMAND can be any program that reads a translation from standard
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15 msgexec's output. msgexec's return code is the maximum return code
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18 A special builtin command called '0' outputs the translation, followed
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25 Input file location:
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30 add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
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41 Informative output:
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43 display this help and exit
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46 output version information and exit
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49 Written by Bruno Haible.
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52 Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
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55 Copyright © 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
56 GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
57 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
58 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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61 The full documentation for msgexec is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
62 If the info and msgexec programs are properly installed at your site,
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71GNU gettext-tools 0.18.1 June 2010 MSGEXEC(1)