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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.24.
.TH MSGEXEC "1" "September 2001" "GNU gettext 0.11" GNU
.SH NAME
msgexec \- edit translations of message catalog
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B msgexec
[\fIOPTION\fR] \fIFILTER \fR[\fIFILTER-OPTION\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.SS "Input file location:"
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-input\fR=\fIINPUTFILE\fR
input PO file
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
.PP
If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.
.SS "Output file location:"
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
write output to specified file
.PP
The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified
or if it is -.
.PP
The FILTER can be any program that reads a translation from standard input
and writes a modified translation to standard output.
.SS "Useful FILTER-OPTIONs when the FILTER is 'sed':"
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-expression\fR=\fISCRIPT\fR
add SCRIPT to the commands to be executed
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR=\fISCRIPTFILE\fR
add the contents of SCRIPTFILE to the commands
to be executed
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
suppress automatic printing of pattern space
.SS "Output details:"
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-escape\fR
do not use C escapes in output (default)
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-escape\fR
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
.TP
\fB\-\-force\-po\fR
write PO file even if empty
.TP
\fB\-\-indent\fR
indented output style
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-location\fR
suppress '#: filename:line' lines
.TP
\fB\-\-add\-location\fR
preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
.TP
\fB\-\-strict\fR
strict Uniforum output style
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
set output page width
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-output\fR
generate sorted output and remove duplicates
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-by\-file\fR
sort output by file location
.SS "Informative output:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B msgexec
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B msgexec
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info msgexec
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.