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2 .TH MSGCOMM "1" "April 2005" "GNU gettext-tools 0.14.4" GNU
4 msgcomm \- match two message catalogs
7 [\fIOPTION\fR] [\fIINPUTFILE\fR]...
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Find messages which are common to two or more of the specified PO files.
12 By using the \fB\-\-more\-than\fR option, greater commonality may be requested
13 before messages are printed. Conversely, the \fB\-\-less\-than\fR option may be
14 used to specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e.
15 \fB\-\-less\-than\fR=\fI2\fR will only print the unique messages). Translations,
16 comments and extract comments will be preserved, but only from the first
17 PO file to define them. File positions from all PO files will be
20 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
21 .SS "Input file location:"
26 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-files\-from\fR=\fIFILE\fR
27 get list of input files from FILE
29 \fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
30 add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
32 If input file is -, standard input is read.
33 .SS "Output file location:"
35 \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
36 write output to specified file
38 The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified
40 .SS "Message selection:"
42 -<, \fB\-\-less\-than\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
43 print messages with less than this many
44 definitions, defaults to infinite if not set
46 ->, \fB\-\-more\-than\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
47 print messages with more than this many
48 definitions, defaults to 1 if not set
50 \fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-unique\fR
51 shorthand for \fB\-\-less\-than\fR=\fI2\fR, requests
52 that only unique messages be printed
53 .SS "Input file syntax:"
55 \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-input\fR
56 input files are in Java .properties syntax
58 \fB\-\-stringtable\-input\fR
59 input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings
63 \fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-no\-escape\fR
64 do not use C escapes in output (default)
66 \fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-escape\fR
67 use C escapes in output, no extended chars
70 write PO file even if empty
72 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-indent\fR
73 write the .po file using indented style
75 \fB\-\-no\-location\fR
76 do not write '#: filename:line' lines
78 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-add\-location\fR
79 generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
82 write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
84 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-output\fR
85 write out a Java .properties file
87 \fB\-\-stringtable\-output\fR
88 write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
90 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
94 do not break long message lines, longer than
95 the output page width, into several lines
97 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-output\fR
98 generate sorted output
100 \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-by\-file\fR
101 sort output by file location
103 \fB\-\-omit\-header\fR
104 don't write header with `msgid ""' entry
105 .SS "Informative output:"
107 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
108 display this help and exit
110 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
111 output version information and exit
113 Written by Peter Miller.
115 Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
117 Copyright \(co 1995-1998, 2000-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
119 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
120 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
122 The full documentation for
124 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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