msgconv - Man Page

character set conversion for message catalog

Synopsis

msgconv [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

Description

Converts a translation catalog to a different character encoding.

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 -.

Conversion target

-t,  --to-code=NAME

encoding for output

The default encoding is the current locale's encoding.

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

--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

indented output style

--no-location

suppress '#: filename:line' lines

-n,  --add-location

preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)

--strict

strict Uniforum output style

-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 <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

See Also

The full documentation for msgconv is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msgconv programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info msgconv

should give you access to the complete manual.

Referenced By

poreencode(1).

February 2024 GNU gettext-tools 0.22.5