msgcat - combines several message catalogs

       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.

       Concatenates  and  merges  the  specified PO files.  Find messages which are common to two or more of the
       specified PO files.  By using the  --more-than  option,  greater  commonality  may  be  requested  before
       messages  are printed.  Conversely, the --less-than option may be used to specify less commonality before
       messages are printed (i.e.  --less-than=2 will only print the unique messages).  Translations,  comments,
       extracted  comments,  and file positions will be cumulated, except that if --use-first is specified, they
       will be taken from the first PO file to define them.

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

   Inputfilelocation:
       INPUTFILE ...
              input files

       -f, --files-from=FILE
              get list of input files from FILE

       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
              add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

       If input file 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:
       -<, --less-than=NUMBER
              print messages with less than this many definitions, defaults to infinite if not set

       ->, --more-than=NUMBER
              print messages with more than this many definitions, defaults to 0 if not set

       -u, --unique
              shorthand for --less-than=2, requests that only unique messages be printed

   Inputfilesyntax:-P, --properties-input
              input files are in Java .properties syntax

       --stringtable-input
              input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

   Outputdetails:-t, --to-code=NAME
              encoding for output

       --use-first
              use first available translation for each message, don't merge several translations

       --lang=CATALOGNAME
              set 'Language' field in the header entry

       --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

       msgcat - combines several message catalogs

       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 msgcat is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msgcat programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              infomsgcat

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.23.1                          December 2024                                        MSGCAT(1)

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