Manual: msguniq

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NAME
       msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog

SYNOPSIS
       msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Unifies	duplicate  translations	 in a translation catalog.  Finds duplicate translations of the same
       message ID.  Such duplicates are invalid input for other programs like msgfmt,  msgmerge	 or  msgcat.
       By  default,  duplicates	 are merged together.  When using the --repeated option, only duplicates are
       output, and all other messages are discarded.  Comments and extracted comments will be cumulated, ex‐
       cept that if --use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first translation.  File positions
       will be cumulated.  When using the --unique option, duplicates are discarded.

       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:
       -d, --repeated
	      print only duplicates

       -u, --unique
	      print only unique messages, discard duplicates

   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:
       -t, --to-code=NAME
	      encoding for output

       --use-first
	      use first available translation for each message, don't merge several translations

       --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

   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  in	 the  bug  tracker  at	  or	 by email to
       .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2001-2024 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 msguniq is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and  msguniq	pro‐
       grams are properly installed at your site, the command

	      info msguniq

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.23-bisect-1a		  June 2025					  MSGUNIQ(1)