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6 msgcat - combines several message catalogs
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9 msgcat [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...
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12 Concatenates and merges the specified PO files. Find messages which
13 are common to two or more of the specified PO files. By using the
14 --more-than option, greater commonality may be requested before mes‐
15 sages are printed. Conversely, the --less-than option may be used to
16 specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e.
17 --less-than=2 will only print the unique messages). Translations, com‐
18 ments, extracted comments, and file positions will be cumulated, except
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25 Input file location:
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29 -f, --files-from=FILE
30 get list of input files from FILE
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32 -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
33 add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
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39 write output to specified file
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44 Message selection:
45 -<, --less-than=NUMBER
46 print messages with less than this many definitions, defaults to
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50 print messages with more than this many definitions, defaults to
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53 -u, --unique
54 shorthand for --less-than=2, requests that only unique messages
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57 Input file syntax:
58 -P, --properties-input
59 input files are in Java .properties syntax
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61 --stringtable-input
62 input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
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65 -t, --to-code=NAME
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68 --use-first
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72 --lang=CATALOGNAME
73 set 'Language' field in the header entry
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75 --color
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79 use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be
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85 -e, --no-escape
86 do not use C escapes in output (default)
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91 --force-po
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95 write the .po file using indented style
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101 generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
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103 --strict
104 write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
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106 -p, --properties-output
107 write out a Java .properties file
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109 --stringtable-output
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112 -w, --width=NUMBER
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115 --no-wrap
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119 -s, --sort-output
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122 -F, --sort-by-file
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125 Informative output:
126 -h, --help
127 display this help and exit
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129 -V, --version
130 output version information and exit
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133 Written by Bruno Haible.
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136 Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savan‐
137 nah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
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140 Copyright © 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
141 GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
142 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
143 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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146 The full documentation for msgcat is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
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