MSGCOMM(1) GNU MSGCOMM(1)
NAME
msgcomm - match two message catalogs
SYNOPSIS
msgcomm [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...
DESCRIPTION
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 and extracted comments will be preserved, but only from the first PO file
to define them. File positions from all PO files will be cumulated.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file location:
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.
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:
-<, --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 1 if not set
-u, --unique
shorthand for --less-than=2, requests that only unique messages be printed
Input file syntax:
-P, --properties-input
input files are in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input
input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
Output details:
--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'.
-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
--omit-header
don't write header with 'msgid ""' entry
Informative output:
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Peter Miller.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1995-1998, 2000-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐
mitted by law.
SEE ALSO
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