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• INPUTFILE ...
      input files
• -f, --files-from=FILE
      get list of input files from FILE
• -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
      add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

If input file is -, standard input is read.

• -d, --default-domain=NAME
      use NAME.po for output (instead of messages.po)
• -o, --output=FILE
      write output to specified file
• -p, --output-dir=DIR
      output files will be placed in directory DIR

If output file is -, output is written to standard output.

• -L, --language=NAME
      recognise the specified language (C, C++, ObjectiveC, PO, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Smalltalk, Java, JavaProperties, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, NXStringTable, RST, Glade)
• -C, --c++
      shorthand for --language=C++

By default the language is guessed depending on the input file name extension.

• --from-code=NAME
      encoding of input files (except for Python, Tcl, Glade)

By default the input files are assumed to be in ASCII.

• -j, --join-existing
      join messages with existing file
• -x, --exclude-file=FILE.po
      entries from FILE.po are not extracted
• -cTAG, --add-comments=TAG
      place comment blocks starting with TAG and preceding keyword lines in output file
• -c, --add-comments
      place all comment blocks preceding keyword lines in output file

• -a, --extract-all
      extract all strings (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Glade)
• -kWORD, --keyword=WORD
      look for WORD as an additional keyword
• -k, --keyword
      do not to use default keywords (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Glade)
• --flag=WORD:ARG:FLAG
      additional flag for strings inside the argument number ARG of keyword WORD

(only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source)

• -T, --trigraphs
      understand ANSI C trigraphs for input (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC)
• --qt
      recognize Qt format strings (only language C++)
• --kde
      recognize KDE 4 format strings (only language C++)
• --boost
      recognize Boost format strings (only language C++)
• --debug
      more detailed formatstring recognition result

• --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
• --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
• --omit-header
      don't write header with `msgid ""' entry
• --copyright-holder=STRING
      set copyright holder in output
• --foreign-user
      omit FSF copyright in output for foreign user
• --package-name=PACKAGE
      set package name in output
• --package-version=VERSION
      set package version in output
• --msgid-bugs-address=\fIEMAIL\
      set report address for msgid bugs
• -m[STRING], --msgstr-prefix[=STRING]
      use STRING or "" as prefix for msgstr values
• -M[STRING], --msgstr-suffix[=STRING]
      use STRING or "" as suffix for msgstr values

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