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+@example
+msgexec [@var{option}] @var{command} [@var{command-option}]
+@end example
+
+The @code{msgexec} program applies a command to all translations of a
+translation catalog.
+The @var{command} can be any program that reads a translation from standard
+input.  It is invoked once for each translation.  Its output becomes
+msgexec's output.  @code{msgexec}'s return code is the maximum return code
+across all invocations.
+
+A special builtin command called @samp{0} outputs the translation, followed
+by a null byte.  The output of @samp{msgexec 0} is suitable as input for
+@samp{xargs -0}.
+
+During each @var{command} invocation, the environment variable
+@code{MSGEXEC_MSGID} is bound to the message's msgid, and the environment
+variable @code{MSGEXEC_LOCATION} is bound to the location in the PO file
+of the message.
+
+Note: It is your responsibility to ensure that the @var{command} can cope
+with input encoded in the translation catalog's encoding.  If the
+@var{command} wants input in a particular encoding, you can in a first step
+convert the translation catalog to that encoding using the @samp{msgconv}
+program, before invoking @samp{msgexec}.  If the @var{command} wants input
+in the locale's encoding, but you want to avoid the locale's encoding, then
+you can first convert the translation catalog to UTF-8 using the
+@samp{msgconv} program and then make @samp{msgexec} work in an UTF-8
+locale, by using the @code{LC_ALL} environment variable.
+
+@subsection Input file location
+
+@table @samp
+@item -i @var{inputfile}
+@itemx --input=@var{inputfile}
+Input PO file.
+
+@item -D @var{directory}
+@itemx --directory=@var{directory}
+Add @var{directory} to the list of directories.  Source files are
+searched relative to this list of directories.  The resulting @file{.po}
+file will be written relative to the current directory, though.
+
+@end table
+
+If no @var{inputfile} is given or if it is @samp{-}, standard input is read.
+
+@subsection Informative output
+
+@table @samp
+@item -h
+@itemx --help
+Display this help and exit.
+
+@item -V
+@itemx --version
+Output version information and exit.
+
+@end table