MSGCONV(1) GNU MSGCONV(1)NAMEmsgconv - character set conversion for message catalog
SYNOPSISmsgconv [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.
Output details:
-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
--add-location
preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
--strict
strict Uniforum output style
-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 to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001-2002 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 msgconv is maintained as a Tex-
info manual. If the info and msgconv programs are prop-
erly installed at your site, the command
info msgconv
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext 0.11.5 August 2002 MSGCONV(1)
