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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]... [-J MSGCTXT-PATTERN] [-K MSGID-PATTERN] [-T MSGSTR-PATTERN] [-C
COMMENT-PATTERN] [-X EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN]
A message is selected if it comes from one of the specified source files, or if it comes from one of the speci‐
fied domains, or if -J is given and its context (msgctxt) matches MSGCTXT-PATTERN, 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-PAT‐
TERN, or if -C is given and the translator's comment matches COMMENT-PATTERN, or if -X is given and the extracted
comment matches EXTRACTED-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.
MSGCTXT-PATTERN or MSGID-PATTERN or MSGSTR-PATTERN or COMMENT-PATTERN or EXTRACTED-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
-J, --msgctxt
start of patterns for the msgctxt
-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
-X, --extracted-comment
start of patterns for the extracted 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
-v, --invert-match
output only the messages that do not match any selection criterion
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:
--color
use colors and other text attributes always
--color=WHEN
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
--style=STYLEFILE
specify CSS style rule file for --color
--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
-n, --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 in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-get‐
text@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for msggrep is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msggrep programs are prop‐
erly installed at your site, the command
info msggrep
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext-tools 0.22.2 September 2023 MSGGREP(1)
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]... [-J MSGCTXT-PATTERN] [-K MSGID-PATTERN] [-T MSGSTR-PATTERN] [-C
COMMENT-PATTERN] [-X EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN]
A message is selected if it comes from one of the specified source files, or if it comes from one of the speci‐
fied domains, or if -J is given and its context (msgctxt) matches MSGCTXT-PATTERN, 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-PAT‐
TERN, or if -C is given and the translator's comment matches COMMENT-PATTERN, or if -X is given and the extracted
comment matches EXTRACTED-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.
MSGCTXT-PATTERN or MSGID-PATTERN or MSGSTR-PATTERN or COMMENT-PATTERN or EXTRACTED-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
-J, --msgctxt
start of patterns for the msgctxt
-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
-X, --extracted-comment
start of patterns for the extracted 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
-v, --invert-match
output only the messages that do not match any selection criterion
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:
--color
use colors and other text attributes always
--color=WHEN
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
--style=STYLEFILE
specify CSS style rule file for --color
--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
-n, --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 in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-get‐
text@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for msggrep is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msggrep programs are prop‐
erly installed at your site, the command
info msggrep
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext-tools 0.22.2 September 2023 MSGGREP(1)