Manual: msgcomm

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NAME
       msgcomm - match two message catalogs

SYNOPSIS
       msgcomm [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Find  messages  which  are common to two or more of the specified PO files.  By using the --more-than
       option,	greater	 commonality  may  be  requested  before  messages  are	 printed.   Conversely,	 the
       --less-than  option  may	 be  used  to  specify	less  commonality  before messages are printed (i.e.
       --less-than=2 will only print the unique messages).  Translations, comments  and	 extracted  comments
       will  be preserved, but only from the first PO file to define them.  File positions from all PO files
       will be cumulated.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

   Input file location:
       INPUTFILE ...
	      input files

       -f, --files-from=FILE
	      get list of input files from FILE

       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
	      add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

       If input file 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:
       -<, --less-than=NUMBER
	      print messages with less than this many definitions, defaults to infinite if not set

       ->, --more-than=NUMBER
	      print messages with more than this many definitions, defaults to 1 if not set

       -u, --unique
	      shorthand for --less-than=2, requests that only unique messages be printed

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

       --stringtable-input
	      input files are 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

       -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

       --omit-header
	      don't write header with 'msgid ""' entry

   Informative output:
       -h, --help
	      display this help and exit

       -V, --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Peter Miller.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report  bugs  in	 the  bug  tracker  at	  or	 by email to
       .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1995-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU  GPL  version	3  or  later
       
       This  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the ex‐
       tent permitted by law.

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

	      info msgcomm

       should give you access to the complete manual.

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