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NAME

       msgcat - combines several message catalogs

SYNOPSIS

       msgcat [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Concatenates  and  merges  the  specified PO files.  Find messages which are common to two or more of the specified PO files.  By using the
       --more-than option, greater commonality may be requested before messages are printed.  Conversely, the --less-than option may  be  used	to
       specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e.  --less-than=2 will only print the unique messages).	Translations, comments and
       extract comments will be cumulated, except that if --use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first  PO  file  to  define  them.
       File positions from all PO files will be cumulated.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

   Input file location:
       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.

   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:
       -<, --less-than=NUMBER
	      print messages with less than this many definitions, defaults to infinite if not set

       ->, --more-than=NUMBER
	      print messages with more than this many definitions, defaults to 0 if not set

       -u, --unique
	      shorthand for --less-than=2, requests that only unique messages be printed

   Input file syntax:
       -P, --properties-input
	      input files are in Java .properties syntax

       --stringtable-input
	      input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

   Output details:
       -t, --to-code=NAME
	      encoding for output

       --use-first
	      use first available translation for each message, don't merge several translations

       -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

   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) 2001-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for msgcat is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msgcat programs are properly installed at your  site,
       the command

	      info msgcat

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.14.4					    April 2005								 MSGCAT(1)