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6 msgfilter - edit translations of message catalog
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9 msgfilter [OPTION] FILTER [FILTER-OPTION]
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12 Applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog.
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17 Input file location:
18 -i, --input=INPUTFILE
19 input PO file
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21 -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
22 add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
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26 Output file location:
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28 write output to specified file
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30 The results are written to standard output if no output file is speci‐
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33 The FILTER can be any program that reads a translation from standard
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36 Filter input and output:
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38 add a newline at the end of input and remove a newline from the
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41 Useful FILTER-OPTIONs when the FILTER is 'sed':
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43 add SCRIPT to the commands to be executed
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46 add the contents of SCRIPTFILE to the commands to be executed
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51 Input file syntax:
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53 input file is in Java .properties syntax
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58 Output details:
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60 use colors and other text attributes always
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63 use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be
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70 do not use C escapes in output (default)
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82 keep header entry unmodified, don't filter it
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88 preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
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91 strict Uniforum output style
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103 do not break long message lines, longer than the output page
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112 Informative output:
113 -h, --help
114 display this help and exit
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116 -V, --version
117 output version information and exit
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120 Written by Bruno Haible.
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123 Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
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126 Copyright © 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
127 GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
128 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
129 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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132 The full documentation for msgfilter is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
133 If the info and msgfilter programs are properly installed at your site,
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