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NAME

msgcomm - search catalogs for common messages  

SYNOPSIS

msgcomm [OPTION] INPUTFILE ...  

DESCRIPTION

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-d, --default-domain=NAME
use NAME.po for output (instead of messages.po)
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
-e, --no-escape
do not use C escapes in output (default)
-E, --escape
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
-f, --files-from=FILE
get list of input files from FILE
--force-po
write PO file even if empty
-F, --sort-by-file
sort output by file location
-h, --help
display a help message and exit
-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)
--omit-header
don't write header with `msgid ""' entry
-o, --output=FILE
write output to specified file
-p, --output-dir=DIR
output files will be placed in directory DIR
-s, --sort-output
generate sorted output and remove duplicates
--strict
write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
-T, --trigraphs
understand ANSI C trigraphs for input
-u, --unique
shorthand for --less-than=2, requests that only unique messages be printed
-V, --version
output version information and exit
-w, --width=NUMBER
set output page width
-<, --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

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 extract comments will be preserved, but only from the first PO file to define them. File positions from all PO files will be preserved.  

AUTHOR

Written by Peter Miller.  

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1995-1998, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  

SEE ALSO

gettext(1), msgfmt(1)

The full documentation for msgcomm is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgcomm programs are properly installed at your site, the command info msgcomm should give you access to the complete manual.

On Debian, the manual is also available in HTML format in the gettext-doc package.


 

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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

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