MSGGREP

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
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SEE ALSO

NAME

msggrep - pattern matching on message catalog

SYNOPSIS

msggrep [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION

Extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a given pattern or belong to some given source files.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file location:
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.
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:
[-N SOURCEFILE]... [-M DOMAINNAME]... [-K MSGID-PATTERN] [-T MSGSTR-PATTERN] [-C COMMENT-PATTERN]
A message is selected if it comes from one of the specified source files, or if it comes from one of the specified domains, or if -K is given and its key (msgid or msgid_plural) matches MSGID-PATTERN, or if -T is given and its translation (msgstr) matches MSGSTR-PATTERN, or if -C is given and the translator's comment matches COMMENT-PATTERN.
When more than one selection criterion is specified, the set of selected messages is the union of the selected messages of each criterion.
MSGID-PATTERN or MSGSTR-PATTERN syntax:
[-E | -F] [-e PATTERN | -f FILE]...
PATTERNs are basic regular expressions by default, or extended regular expressions if -E is given, or fixed strings if -F is given.
-N, --location=SOURCEFILE
select messages extracted from SOURCEFILE
-M, --domain=DOMAINNAME
select messages belonging to domain DOMAINNAME
-K, --msgid
start of patterns for the msgid
-T, --msgstr
start of patterns for the msgstr
-E, --extended-regexp
PATTERN is an extended regular expression
-F, --fixed-strings
PATTERN is a set of newline-separated strings
-e, --regexp=PATTERN
use PATTERN as a regular expression
-f, --file=FILE
obtain PATTERN from FILE
-i, --ignore-case
ignore case distinctions
Output details:
--no-escape
do not use C escapes in output (default)
--escape
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
--force-po
write PO file even if empty
--indent
indented output style
--no-location
suppress '#: filename:line' lines
--add-location
preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
--strict
strict Uniforum output style
-w, --width=NUMBER
set output page width
--no-wrap
do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines
--sort-output
generate sorted output
--sort-by-file
sort output by file location
Informative output:
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for msggrep is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msggrep programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info msggrep
should give you access to the complete manual.