msggrep(1)

NAME

       msggrep - pattern matching on message catalog

SYNOPSIS

       msggrep [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION

       Extracts  all messages of a translation catalog that match
       a given pattern or belong to some given source files.

       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:
              [-N SOURCEFILE]... [-M DOMAINNAME]...  [-J MSGCTXT-
              PATTERN] [-K MSGID-PATTERN] [-T MSGSTR-PATTERN] [-C
              COMMENT-PATTERN] [-X EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN]

       A  message  is selected if it comes from one of the speci-
       fied source files, or if it comes from one of  the  speci-
       fied  domains, or if -J is given and its context (msgctxt)
       matches MSGCTXT-PATTERN, or if -K is  given  and  its  key
       (msgid or msgid_plural) matches MSGID-PATTERN, or if -T is
       given and its translation (msgstr) matches MSGSTR-PATTERN,
       or  if  -C  is  given and the translator's comment matches
       COMMENT-PATTERN, or if -X is given and the extracted  com-
       ment matches EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN.

       When  more  than one selection criterion is specified, the
       set of selected messages is the union of the selected mes-
       sages of each criterion.

       MSGCTXT-PATTERN or MSGID-PATTERN or MSGSTR-PATTERN or COM-
       MENT-PATTERN or EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN syntax:

              [-E | -F] [-e PATTERN | -f FILE]...

       PATTERNs are basic  regular  expressions  by  default,  or
       extended  regular  expressions  if  -E  is given, or fixed
       strings if -F is given.

       -N, --location=SOURCEFILE
              select messages extracted from SOURCEFILE

       -M, --domain=DOMAINNAME
              select messages belonging to domain DOMAINNAME

       -J, --msgctxt
              start of patterns for the msgctxt

       -K, --msgid
              start of patterns for the msgid

       -T, --msgstr
              start of patterns for the msgstr

       -C, --comment
              start of patterns for the translator's comment

       -X, --extracted-comment
              start of patterns for the extracted comment

       -E, --extended-regexp
              PATTERN is an extended regular expression

       -F, --fixed-strings
              PATTERN is a set of newline-separated strings

       -e, --regexp=PATTERN
              use PATTERN as a regular expression

       -f, --file=FILE
              obtain PATTERN from FILE

       -i, --ignore-case
              ignore case distinctions

       -v, --invert-match
              output only the messages  that  do  not  match  any
              selection criterion

   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:
       --no-escape
              do not use C escapes in output (default)

       --escape
              use C escapes in output, no extended chars

       --force-po
              write PO file even if empty

       --indent
              indented output style

       --no-location
              suppress '#: filename:line' lines

       --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

       --sort-output
              generate sorted output

       --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 to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for  copying  condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for msggrep is maintained as a Tex-
       info  manual.   If the info and msggrep programs are prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info msggrep

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.16.1  November 2006                MSGGREP(1)