debian man page for msghack

MSGHACK(1)						      General Commands Manual							MSGHACK(1)

NAME
       msghack - Alter .po files in ways no sane mind would think about

SYNOPSIS
       msghack [OPTION] file.po [ref.po]

DESCRIPTION
       msghack can be used to alter .po files in ways no sane mind would think about.

       It   can  swap  msgid and msgstr in a PO file, remove all translations in order to convert a translation file into a template file, and can
       also append the contents of one PO file to another.

OPTIONS
       -o FILE
	      Write the result to FILE.

       --invert
	      Invert a po file by switching msgid and msgstr.

       --master
	      Join any number of files in a master-formatted catalog

       --empty
	      Empty the contents of the .po file, creating a .pot.

       --append
	      Append entries from ref.po that don't exist in file.po.

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