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msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog

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msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

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 discarded. Comments and extracted comments will be cumulated, 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.

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.

-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 -.

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

-P, --properties-input
	input file is in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input
	input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

-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

-h, --help	display this help and exit
-V, --version
	output version information and exit

Written by Bruno Haible.

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 2001-2004 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.

The full documentation for msguniq is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msguniq programs are properly installed at your site, the command

	info msguniq

should give you access to the complete manual.

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