msgattrib - attribute matching and manipulation on message catalog

       Written by Bruno Haible.

       Copyright  ©  2001-2024  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.

       Filters  the  messages  of  a  translation  catalog  according  to  their attributes, and manipulates the
       attributes.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

   Inputfilelocation:
       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.

   Outputfilelocation:-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 -.

   Messageselection:--translated
              keep translated, remove untranslated messages

       --untranslated
              keep untranslated, remove translated messages

       --no-fuzzy
              remove 'fuzzy' marked messages

       --only-fuzzy
              keep 'fuzzy' marked messages

       --no-obsolete
              remove obsolete #~ messages

       --only-obsolete
              keep obsolete #~ messages

   Attributemanipulation:--set-fuzzy
              set all messages 'fuzzy'

       --clear-fuzzy
              set all messages non-'fuzzy'

       --set-obsolete
              set all messages obsolete

       --clear-obsolete
              set all messages non-obsolete

       --previous
              when setting 'fuzzy', keep previous msgids of translated messages.

       --clear-previous
              remove the "previous msgid" from all messages

       --empty
              when removing 'fuzzy', also set msgstr empty

       --only-file=FILE.po
              manipulate only entries listed in FILE.po

       --ignore-file=FILE.po
              manipulate only entries not listed in FILE.po

       --fuzzy
              synonym for --only-fuzzy--clear-fuzzy--obsolete
              synonym for --only-obsolete--clear-obsoleteInputfilesyntax:-P, --properties-input
              input file is in Java .properties syntax

       --stringtable-input
              input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

   Outputdetails:--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-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

   Informativeoutput:-h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -V, --version
              output version information and exit

       msgattrib - attribute matching and manipulation on message catalog

       Report  bugs  in  the  bug  tracker  at  <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>  or  by   email   to
       <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

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

              infomsgattrib

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.23.1                          December 2024                                     MSGATTRIB(1)

msgattrib [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]