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XGETTEXT

Section: FSF (1)
Updated: April 2001
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NAME

xgettext - extract translatable string from given input files  

SYNOPSIS

xgettext [OPTION] INPUTFILE ...  

DESCRIPTION

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-a, --extract-all
extract all strings
-c, --add-comments[=TAG]
place comment block with TAG (or those preceding keyword lines) in output file
-C, --c++
shorthand for --language=C++
--debug
more detailed formatstring recognision result
-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
--foreign-user
omit FSF copyright in output for foreign user
-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
-j, --join-existing
join messages with existing file
-k, --keyword[=WORD]
additonal keyword to be looked for (without WORD means not to use default keywords)
-L, --language=NAME
recognise the specified language (C, C++, PO), otherwise is guessed from file extension
-m, --msgstr-prefix[=STRING]
use STRING or "" as prefix for msgstr entries
-M, --msgstr-suffix[=STRING]
use STRING or "" as suffix for msgstr entries
--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
-V, --version
output version information and exit
-w, --width=NUMBER
set output page width
-x, --exclude-file=FILE
entries from FILE are not extracted

If INPUTFILE is -, standard input is read.  

AUTHOR

Written by Ulrich Drepper.  

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), msgmerge(1)

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