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NAME
       msginit - initialize a message catalog
SYNOPSIS
       msginit [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
       Creates  a  new  PO file, initializing the meta information with values
       from the user's environment.
       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
       too.
   Input file location:
       -i, --input=INPUTFILE
              input POT file
       If  no  input  file is given, the current directory is searched for the
       POT file.  If it is -, standard input is read.
   Output file location:
       -o, --output-file=FILE
              write output to specified PO file
       If no output file is given, it depends on the --locale  option  or  the
       user's locale setting.  If it is -, the results are written to standard
       output.
   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:
       -l, --locale=LL_CC
              set target locale
       --no-translator
              assume the PO file is automatically generated
       --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
       -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
   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 msginit is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.
       If  the  info and msginit programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command
              info msginit
       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.19.8.1         June 2016                        MSGINIT(1)