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@pindex msgfilter
@cindex @code{msgfilter} program, usage
@example
msgfilter [@var{option}] @var{filter} [@var{filter-option}]
@end example
@cindex apply a filter to translations
The @code{msgfilter} program applies a filter to all translations of a
translation catalog.
@subsection Input file location
@table @samp
@item -i @var{inputfile}
@itemx --input=@var{inputfile}
@opindex -i@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --input@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Input PO file.
@item -D @var{directory}
@itemx --directory=@var{directory}
@opindex -D@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --directory@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
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 Output file location
@table @samp
@item -o @var{file}
@itemx --output-file=@var{file}
@opindex -o@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --output-file@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Write output to specified file.
@end table
The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified
or if it is @samp{-}.
@subsection The filter
The @var{filter} can be any program that reads a translation from standard
input and writes a modified translation to standard output. A frequently
used filter is @samp{sed}.
@cindex @code{msgfilter} filter and catalog encoding
Note: It is your responsibility to ensure that the @var{filter} can cope
with input encoded in the translation catalog's encoding. If the
@var{filter} 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{msgfilter}. If the @var{filter} 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{msgfilter} work in an UTF-8
locale, by using the @code{LC_ALL} environment variable.
@cindex portability problems with @code{sed}
Note: Most translations in a translation catalog don't end with a newline
character. For this reason, it is important that the @var{filter}
recognizes its last input line even if it ends without a newline, and that
it doesn't add an undesired trailing newline at the end. The @samp{sed}
program on some platforms is known to ignore the last line of input if it
is not terminated with a newline. You can use GNU @code{sed} instead; it
does not have this limitation.
@subsection Useful @var{filter-option}s when the @var{filter} is @samp{sed}
@table @samp
@item -e @var{script}
@itemx --expression=@var{script}
@opindex -e@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --expression@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Add @var{script} to the commands to be executed.
@item -f @var{scriptfile}
@itemx --file=@var{scriptfile}
@opindex -f@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --file@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Add the contents of @var{scriptfile} to the commands to be executed.
@item -n
@itemx --quiet
@itemx --silent
@opindex -n@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --quiet@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --silent@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Suppress automatic printing of pattern space.
@end table
@subsection Output details
@c --no-escape and --escape omitted on purpose. They are not useful.
@table @samp
@item --force-po
@opindex --force-po@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Always write an output file even if it contains no message.
@item --indent
@opindex --indent@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Write the .po file using indented style.
@item --keep-header
@opindex --keep-header@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Keep the header entry, i.e. the message with @samp{msgid ""}, unmodified,
instead of filtering it. By default, the header entry is subject to
filtering like any other message.
@item --no-location
@opindex --no-location@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Do not write @samp{#: @var{filename}:@var{line}} lines.
@item --add-location
@opindex --add-location@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Generate @samp{#: @var{filename}:@var{line}} lines (default).
@item --strict
@opindex --strict@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Write out a strict Uniforum conforming PO file. Note that this
Uniforum format should be avoided because it doesn't support the
GNU extensions.
@item -w @var{number}
@itemx --width=@var{number}
@opindex -w@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --width@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Set the output page width. Long strings in the output files will be
split across multiple lines in order to ensure that each line's width
(= number of screen columns) is less or equal to the given @var{number}.
@item -s
@itemx --sort-output
@opindex -s@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --sort-output@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Generate sorted output. Note that using this option makes it much harder
for the translator to understand each message's context.
@item -F
@itemx --sort-by-file
@opindex -F@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --sort-by-file@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Sort output by file location.
@end table
@subsection Informative output
@table @samp
@item -h
@itemx --help
@opindex -h@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --help@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Display this help and exit.
@item -V
@itemx --version
@opindex -V@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
@opindex --version@r{, @code{msgfilter} option}
Output version information and exit.
@end table
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