Man page 1 : msgattrib

• 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.

• -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 -.

• --translated
      keep translated, remove untranslated messages
• --untranslated
      keep untranslated, remove translated messages
• --no-fuzzy
      remove 'fuzzy' marked messages
• --only-fuzzy
      keep 'fuzzy' marked messages
• --no-obsolete
      remove obsolete #~ messages
• --only-obsolete
      keep obsolete #~ messages

• --set-fuzzy
      set all messages 'fuzzy'
• --clear-fuzzy
      set all messages non-'fuzzy'
• --set-obsolete
      set all messages obsolete
• --clear-obsolete
      set all messages non-obsolete
• --clear-previous
      remove the "previous msgid" from all messages
• --only-file=FILE.po
      manipulate only entries listed in FILE.po
• --ignore-file=FILE.po
      manipulate only entries not listed in FILE.po
• --fuzzy
      synonym for --only-fuzzy --clear-fuzzy
• --obsolete
      synonym for --only-obsolete --clear-obsolete

• -P, --properties-input
      input file is in Java .properties syntax
• --stringtable-input
      input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

• --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
      write the .po file using indented style
• --no-location
      do not write '#: filename:line' lines
• -n, --add-location
      generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
• --strict
      write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
• -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

• -h, --help
      display this help and exit
• -V, --version
      output version information and exit