MSGUNIQ(1)                                     GNU                                     MSGUNIQ(1)



NAME
       msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog

SYNOPSIS
       msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Unifies  duplicate translations in a translation catalog.  Finds duplicate translations of
       the same message ID.  Such duplicates are invalid input for other  programs  like  msgfmt,
       msgmerge  or  msgcat.   By  default,  duplicates  are  merged  together.   When  using the
       --repeated option, only duplicates are output, and all other messages are discarded.  Com‐
       ments  and  extracted comments will be cumulated, except that if --use-first is specified,
       they will be taken from the first translation.  File positions will  be  cumulated.   When
       using the --unique option, duplicates are discarded.

       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:
       -d, --repeated
              print only duplicates

       -u, --unique
              print only unique messages, discard duplicates

   Input file syntax:
       -P, --properties-input
              input file is in Java .properties syntax

       --stringtable-input
              input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

   Output details:
       -t, --to-code=NAME
              encoding for output

       --use-first
              use first available translation for each message, don't merge several translations

       --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'.

       --style=STYLEFILE
              specify CSS style rule file for --color

       -e, --no-escape
              do not use C escapes in output (default)

       -E, --escape
              use C escapes in output, no extended chars

       --force-po
              write PO file even if empty

       -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

   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 AT gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2001-2010 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 permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation  for  msguniq is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and
       msguniq programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info msguniq

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU gettext-tools 0.19.3                   October 2014                                MSGUNIQ(1)