linux man page for msgexec

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NAME
       msgexec - process translations of message catalog

SYNOPSIS
       msgexec [OPTION] COMMAND [COMMAND-OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       Applies	a  command  to	all  translations of a translation catalog.  The COMMAND can be any program that reads a translation from standard
       input.  It is invoked once for each translation.  Its output becomes msgexec's output.  msgexec's return code is the  maximum  return  code
       across all invocations.

       A  special builtin command called '0' outputs the translation, followed by a null byte.	The output of "msgexec 0" is suitable as input for
       "xargs -0".

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

   Input file location:
       -i, --input=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.

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

       --stringtable-input
	      input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

   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) 2001-2010 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 msgexec is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msgexec programs	are  properly  installed  at  your
       site, the command

	      info msgexec

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.18.1					     June 2010								MSGEXEC(1)