MSGGREP
#NAME
NAME
#SYNOPSIS
SYNOPSIS
#DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
#AUTHOR
AUTHOR
#REPORTING BUGS
REPORTING BUGS
#COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT
#SEE ALSO
SEE ALSO
NAME
msggrep - pattern matching on message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msggrep
[
OPTION
]
[
INPUTFILE
]
DESCRIPTION
Extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a
given pattern or belong to some given source
files.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
options too.
Input file location:
INPUTFILE
input PO file
-D
,
--directory
=
DIRECTORY
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is
read.
Output file location:
-o
,
--output-file
=
FILE
write output to specified file
The results are written to standard output if no output file
is specified or if it is -.
Message selection:
[-N SOURCEFILE]... [-M DOMAINNAME]... [-K MSGID-PATTERN] [-T
MSGSTR-PATTERN] [-C COMMENT-PATTERN]
A message is selected if it comes from one of the specified
source files, or if it comes from one of the specified
domains, or if
-K
is given and its key (msgid or
msgid_plural) matches MSGID-PATTERN, or if
-T
is
given and its translation (msgstr) matches MSGSTR-PATTERN,
or if
-C
is given and the translator's comment
matches COMMENT-PATTERN.
When more than one selection criterion is specified, the set
of selected messages is the union of the selected messages
of each criterion.
MSGID-PATTERN or MSGSTR-PATTERN or COMMENT-PATTERN
syntax:
[-E |
-F]
[-e PATTERN |
-f
FILE]...
PATTERNs are basic regular expressions by default, or
extended regular expressions if
-E
is given, or fixed
strings if
-F
is given.
-N
,
--location
=
SOURCEFILE
select messages extracted from SOURCEFILE
-M
,
--domain
=
DOMAINNAME
select messages belonging to domain DOMAINNAME
-K
,
--msgid
start of patterns for the msgid
-T
,
--msgstr
start of patterns for the msgstr
-C
,
--comment
start of patterns for the translator's comment
-E
,
--extended-regexp
PATTERN is an extended regular expression
-F
,
--fixed-strings
PATTERN is a set of newline-separated strings
-e
,
--regexp
=
PATTERN
use PATTERN as a regular expression
-f
,
--file
=
FILE
obtain PATTERN from FILE
-i
,
--ignore-case
ignore case distinctions
Input file syntax:
-P
,
--properties-input
input file is in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings
syntax
Output details:
--no-escape
do not use C escapes in output (default)
--escape
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
--force-po
write PO file even if empty
--indent
indented output style
--no-location
suppress '#: filename:line' lines
--add-location
preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
--strict
strict Uniforum output style
-p
,
--properties-output
write out a Java .properties file
--stringtable-output
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
-w
,
--width
=
NUMBER
set output page width
--no-wrap
do not break long message lines, longer than the output page
width, into several lines
--sort-output
generate sorted output
--sort-by-file
sort output by file location
Informative output:
-h
,
--help
display this help and exit
-V
,
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2001-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying
conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for
msggrep
is maintained as a
Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
msggrep
programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info msggrep
should give you access to the complete manual.
