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NAME
potool - program for manipulating gettext po files
SYNOPSIS
potool FILENAME1 [ FILENAME2 ] [-f f|nf|t|nt|nth|o|no] [-n ctxt|id|str|cmt|ucmt|pcmt|scmt|dcmt|tr|linf]... [-s] [-c]
potool -h
DESCRIPTION
potool works in two (so far) modes. The first mode requires providing one file name, and works as a filter. In the second mode, the program
replaces the translations in FILENAME1 with the translations from FILENAME2. (So FILENAME1 is the base po file, while FILENAME2 is our
working copy.)
OPTIONS
-f filter
Determines which po file entries should be retained. In the second mode, the filters are applied only to FILENAME2 (the working
copy). Existing filters are:
t - translated entries
nt - untranslated entries
nth - untranslated entries and the header
f - fuzzy entries
nf - entries that are not fuzzy
o - obsolete entries
no - non-obsolete entries
It is possible to stack filters, by specifying multiple -f options.
-n filter
Determines which po file entries parts should not be retained. Any number of -n options is allowed. Valid parameters are:
ctxt - don't write 'ctxt' parts
id - don't write 'id' parts
str - don't write 'str' parts
tr - don't write translations
ucmt - don't write user's comments
pcmt - don't write the comments regarding position in source files
scmt - don't write special comments ('#, fuzzy, c-format, ...')
dcmt - don't write reserved comments (usually starting with a dot)
cmt - don't write any comments
linf - change source line numbers to '1'.
The last parameter is useful when you need to compare two po or pot files using diff(1) as it usually returns lots of unimportant
line number changes otherwise.
-s Don't display the entries themselves, only their count.
-c Overwrite all msgstrs with their msgids.
-h Display short usage help.
EXAMPLES
potool x.po -s -ft
displays the number of translated entries. See also postats(1).
potool x.po -nstr
Deletes all translations - so you can start from scratch! :-)
potool x.po -ft && potool x.po -fnt
displays firstly the translated and then the non-translated entries from file x.po (reverse order is not recommended because of the
first "header" entry). The output contains all information from x.po, with the difference that untranslated entries are located
together in a single place.
potool x.po -fnt > tmp.po && editor tmp.po && potool x.po tmp.po
lets you easily add new translations, without looking at the already translated entries
The last two examples are implemented as the potooledit(1) program.
SEE ALSO
potooledit(1), postats(1), msgmerge(1), msgfmt(1).
AUTHOR
Potool was written by Zbigniew Chyla and is now being maintained by Marcin Owsiany <porridge@debian.org>.
September 21, 2007 POTOOL(1)