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msgcvt

msgcvt(1)							   User Commands							 msgcvt(1)

NAME

       msgcvt - convert message file to and from HTML

SYNOPSIS

       msgcvt [-hmr]

DESCRIPTION

       msgcvt  reads a gencat(1) format file on the standard input and converts it to HTML on the standard output. The input file must contain the
       control statement $quote " and use the " character to quote message text. The output is in a form suitable for automatic translation by web
       sites such as http://babelfish.altavista.com.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -h	 Generate HTML from gencat(1) input.
       --html
		 This is the default.

       -m	 Generate a gencat(1) message file from (presumably translated) HTML. Wide characters are UTF-8 encoded.
       --msg

       -r	 The message file is raw message text, one message per line, with no quoting or line numbering.
       --raw

EXIT STATUS

       0     Successful completion.

       >0    One or more specified jobs does not exist.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1 Generating a gencat Message Catalog File

       The following example generates a gencat(1) message catalog file from an HTML file:

	 example% cat example.html | msgcvt -m > examplecat

AUTHORS

       Glenn Fowler, gsf@research.att.com

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWastdev		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gencat(1), msgcc(1), msggen(1), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    9 Oct 2007								 msgcvt(1)

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