msggrep − pattern matching on message catalog |
msggrep [OPTION] [INPUTFILE] |
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 |
Written by Bruno Haible. |
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>. |
Copyright © 2001-2002 Free Software Foundation,
Inc. |
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. |