MSGCAT
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msgcat - combines several message catalogs
SYNOPSIS
msgcat [OPTION]
[
INPUTFILE]... DESCRIPTION
Concatenates and merges the specified PO files. Find
messages which are common to two or more of the specified PO
files. By using the 
--more-than option, greater
commonality may be requested before messages are printed.
Conversely, the 
--less-than option may be used to
specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e.
--less-than=2 will only print the unique
messages). Translations, comments and extract comments will
be cumulated, except that if 
--use-first is
specified, they will be taken from the first PO file to
define them. File positions from all PO files will be
cumulated.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
options too.
Input file location: INPUTFILE ...
input files
-f, --files-from=FILE get list of input files from FILE
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If input file 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: -<, 
--less-than=NUMBER print messages with less than this many definitions,
defaults to infinite if not set
->, 
--more-than=NUMBER print messages with more than this many definitions,
defaults to 0 if not set
-u, --unique shorthand for 
--less-than=2, requests that
only unique messages be printed
Input file syntax: -P, --properties-input input files are in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings
syntax
Output details: -t, --to-code=NAME encoding for output
--use-first use first available translation for each message, don't
merge several translations
-e, --no-escape do not use C escapes in output (default)
-E, --escape use C escapes in output, no extended chars
--force-po write PO file even if empty
-i, --indent write the .po file using indented style
--no-location do not write '#: filename:line' lines
-n, --add-location generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
--strict write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
-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
-s, --sort-output generate sorted output
-F, --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 
msgcat is maintained as a
Texinfo manual. If the 
info and msgcatprograms are properly installed at your site, the
command
info msgcat should give you access to the complete manual.
