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NAME

       msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog

SYNOPSIS

       msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION

       Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog.  Finds duplicate translations of the same message ID.  Such duplicates are invalid
       input for other programs like msgfmt, msgmerge or msgcat.  By default, duplicates are merged together.  When using the  --repeated  option,
       only  duplicates  are  output,  and  all  other	messages are discarded.  Comments and extracted comments will be cumulated, except that if
       --use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first translation.  File positions  will  be  cumulated.	When  using  the  --unique
       option, duplicates are discarded.

       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 -.

   Message selection:
       -d, --repeated
	      print only duplicates

       -u, --unique
	      print only unique messages, discard duplicates

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

       --stringtable-input
	      input file is 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) 2001-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

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

	      info msguniq

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.17						   November 2007							MSGUNIQ(1)