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NAME
       msgfilter - edit translations of message catalog
SYNOPSIS
       msgfilter [OPTION] FILTER [FILTER-OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
       Applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog.
       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
       too.
   Input file location:
       -i, --input=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  speci-
       fied or if it is -.
       The  FILTER  can  be any program that reads a translation from standard
       input and writes a modified translation to standard output.
   Filter input and output:
       --newline
              add a newline at the end of input and remove a newline from  the
              end of output
   Useful FILTER-OPTIONs when the FILTER is 'sed':
       -e, --expression=SCRIPT
              add SCRIPT to the commands to be executed
       -f, --file=SCRIPTFILE
              add the contents of SCRIPTFILE to the commands to be executed
       -n, --quiet, --silent
              suppress automatic printing of pattern space
   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:
       --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
       --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
       --indent
              indented output style
       --keep-header
              keep header entry unmodified, don't filter it
       --no-location
              suppress '#: filename:line' lines
       -n, --add-location
              preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
       --strict
              strict Uniforum output style
       -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 (C) 2001-2016 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 msgfilter is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and msgfilter programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command
              info msgfilter
       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.19.8.1         June 2016                      MSGFILTER(1)