1XGETTEXT(1)           User Contributed Perl Documentation          XGETTEXT(1)
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NAME

6       xgettext.pl - Extract translatable strings from source
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SYNOPSIS

9       xgettext.pl [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       This program extracts translatable strings from given input files, or
13       from STDIN if none are given.
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15       Please see Locale::Maketext::Extract for a list of supported input file
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OPTIONS

19       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
20       too.  Similarly for optional arguments.
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22       Input file location:
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24       INPUTFILE...
25           Files to extract messages from.  If not specified, STDIN is
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28       -f, --files-from=FILE
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31       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
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36       -u, --use-gettext-style
37           Specifies that the source programs uses the Gettext style (e.g.
38           %1) instead of the Maketext style (e.g. "[_1]") in its localization
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43       -d, --default-domain=NAME
44           Use NAME.po for output, instead of "messages.po".
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46       -o, --output=FILE
47           PO file name to be written or incrementally updated; "-" means
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50       -p, --output-dir=DIR
51           Output files will be placed in directory DIR.
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53       Output details:
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55       -g, --gnu-gettext
56           Enables GNU gettext interoperability by printing "#, perl-make‐
57           text-format" before each entry that has "%" variables.
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SEE ALSO

60       Locale::Maketext::Extract, Locale::Maketext::Lexicon::Gettext,
61       Locale::Maketext
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AUTHORS

64       Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>
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67       Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.
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69       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
70       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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72       See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
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76perl v5.8.8                       2007-12-22                       XGETTEXT(1)
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