msgfilter - edit translations of 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.

       Applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog.

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

   Inputfilelocation:-i, --input=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 -.

       The  FILTER  can  be  any  program  that  reads  a  translation from standard input and writes a modified
       translation to standard output.

   Filterinputandoutput:--newline
              add a newline at the end of input and remove a newline from the end of output

   UsefulFILTER-OPTIONswhentheFILTERis'sed':-e, --expression=SCRIPT
              add SCRIPT to the commands to be executed

       -f, --file=SCRIPTFILE
              add the contents of SCRIPTFILE to the commands to be executed

       -n, --quiet, --silent
              suppress automatic printing of pattern space

   Inputfilesyntax:-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--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

       --indent
              indented output style

       --keep-header
              keep header entry unmodified, don't filter it

       --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

       -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

       msgfilter - edit translations of 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  msgfilter  is  maintained  as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msgfilter
       programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              infomsgfilter

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.23.1                          December 2024                                     MSGFILTER(1)

msgfilter [OPTION] FILTER [FILTER-OPTION]