msguniq(1)

NAME

       msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog

SYNOPSIS

       msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION

       Unifies  duplicate  translations in a translation catalog.
       Finds duplicate translations of the same message ID.  Such
       duplicates  are  invalid  input  for  other  programs like
       msgfmt, msgmerge or msgcat.  By  default,  duplicates  are
       merged  together.   When using the --repeated option, only
       duplicates are output, and all  other  messages  are  dis-
       carded.   Comments  and  extracted  comments will be cumu-
       lated, except that if --use-first is specified, they  will
       be  taken from the first translation.  File positions will
       be cumulated.  When using the --unique option,  duplicates
       are discarded.

       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:
       -d, --repeated
              print only duplicates

       -u, --unique
              print only unique messages, discard duplicates

   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:
       -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 (C) 2001-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for  copying  condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for msguniq is maintained as a Tex-
       info  manual.   If the info and msguniq programs are prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info msguniq

       should give you access to the complete manual.