MSGGREP(1) GNU MSGGREP(1)NAMEmsggrep - pattern matching on message catalog
SYNOPSISmsggrep [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 speci-
fied source files, or if it comes from one of the speci-
fied 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-PAT-
TERN.
When more than one selection criterion is specified, the
set of selected messages is the union of the selected mes-
sages 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 (C) 2001-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
tions. 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 Tex-
info manual. If the info and msggrep programs are prop-
erly installed at your site, the command
info msggrep
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext 0.11.5 August 2002 MSGGREP(1)
