MSGGREP
#NAMENAME #SYNOPSISSYNOPSIS #DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION #AUTHORAUTHOR #REPORTING BUGSREPORTING BUGS #COPYRIGHTCOPYRIGHT #SEE ALSOSEE 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 | -fFILE]...
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 msggrepprograms are properly installed at your site, the
command
info msggrep should give you access to the complete manual.
