03-12-2011
Quote:
i can have
echo "message" 2> error.log
You could, but it wouldn't do anything, just print 'message' to standard output and create an empty file 'error.log'.
What are you actually trying to do?
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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)