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NAME

6       msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog
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SYNOPSIS

9       msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Unifies  duplicate translations in a translation catalog.  Finds dupli‐
13       cate translations of the same message ID.  Such duplicates are  invalid
14       input  for other programs like msgfmt, msgmerge or msgcat.  By default,
15       duplicates are merged together.  When using the --repeated option, only
16       duplicates  are output, and all other messages are discarded.  Comments
17       and extracted comments will be cumulated, except that if --use-first is
18       specified,  they  will be taken from the first translation.  File posi‐
19       tions will be cumulated.  When using the  --unique  option,  duplicates
20       are discarded.
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22       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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25   Input file location:
26       INPUTFILE
27              input PO file
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29       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
30              add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
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32       If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.
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34   Output file location:
35       -o, --output-file=FILE
36              write output to specified file
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38       The results are written to standard output if no output file is  speci‐
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41   Message selection:
42       -d, --repeated
43              print only duplicates
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45       -u, --unique
46              print only unique messages, discard duplicates
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48   Input file syntax:
49       -P, --properties-input
50              input file is in Java .properties syntax
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52       --stringtable-input
53              input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
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55   Output details:
56       -t, --to-code=NAME
57              encoding for output
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59       --use-first
60              use  first  available  translation for each message, don't merge
61              several translations
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63       --color
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66       --color=WHEN
67              use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.  WHEN may be  'al‐
68              ways', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
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70       --style=STYLEFILE
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73       -e, --no-escape
74              do not use C escapes in output (default)
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76       -E, --escape
77              use C escapes in output, no extended chars
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79       --force-po
80              write PO file even if empty
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82       -i, --indent
83              write the .po file using indented style
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85       --no-location
86              do not write '#: filename:line' lines
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88       -n, --add-location
89              generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
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91       --strict
92              write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
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94       -p, --properties-output
95              write out a Java .properties file
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97       --stringtable-output
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100       -w, --width=NUMBER
101              set output page width
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103       --no-wrap
104              do  not  break  long  message lines, longer than the output page
105              width, into several lines
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107       -s, --sort-output
108              generate sorted output
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110       -F, --sort-by-file
111              sort output by file location
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113   Informative output:
114       -h, --help
115              display this help and exit
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117       -V, --version
118              output version information and exit
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AUTHOR

121       Written by Bruno Haible.
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REPORTING BUGS

124       Report    bugs    in    the    bug    tracker    at     <https://savan‐
125       nah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
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COPYRIGHT

128       Copyright  ©  2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
129       GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
130       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
131       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

134       The  full  documentation for msguniq is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
135       If the info and msguniq programs are properly installed at  your  site,
136       the command
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138              info msguniq
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140       should give you access to the complete manual.
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144GNU gettext-tools 0.22             June 2023                        MSGUNIQ(1)