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1 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
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2 .TH MSGGREP "1" "February 2024" "GNU gettext-tools 0.22.5" "User Commands"
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3 .SH NAME
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4 msggrep \- pattern matching on message catalog
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5 .SH SYNOPSIS
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6 .B msggrep
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7 [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR] [\fI\,INPUTFILE\/\fR]
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8 .SH DESCRIPTION
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9 .\" Add any additional description here
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10 .PP
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11 Extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a given pattern
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12 or belong to some given source files.
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13 .PP
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14 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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15 .SS "Input file location:"
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16 .TP
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17 INPUTFILE
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18 input PO file
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19 .TP
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20 \fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fI\,DIRECTORY\/\fR
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21 add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
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22 .PP
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23 If no input file is given or if it is \-, standard input is read.
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24 .SS "Output file location:"
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25 .TP
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26 \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
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27 write output to specified file
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28 .PP
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29 The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified
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30 or if it is \-.
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31 .SS "Message selection:"
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32 .IP
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33 [\-N SOURCEFILE]... [\-M DOMAINNAME]...
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34 [\-J MSGCTXT\-PATTERN] [\-K MSGID\-PATTERN] [\-T MSGSTR\-PATTERN]
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35 [\-C COMMENT\-PATTERN] [\-X EXTRACTED\-COMMENT\-PATTERN]
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36 .PP
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37 A message is selected if it comes from one of the specified source files,
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38 or if it comes from one of the specified domains,
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39 or if \fB\-J\fR is given and its context (msgctxt) matches MSGCTXT\-PATTERN,
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40 or if \fB\-K\fR is given and its key (msgid or msgid_plural) matches MSGID\-PATTERN,
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41 or if \fB\-T\fR is given and its translation (msgstr) matches MSGSTR\-PATTERN,
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42 or if \fB\-C\fR is given and the translator's comment matches COMMENT\-PATTERN,
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43 or if \fB\-X\fR is given and the extracted comment matches EXTRACTED\-COMMENT\-PATTERN.
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44 .PP
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45 When more than one selection criterion is specified, the set of selected
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46 messages is the union of the selected messages of each criterion.
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47 .PP
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48 MSGCTXT\-PATTERN or MSGID\-PATTERN or MSGSTR\-PATTERN or COMMENT\-PATTERN or
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49 EXTRACTED\-COMMENT\-PATTERN syntax:
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50 .IP
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51 [\-E | \fB\-F]\fR [\-e PATTERN | \fB\-f\fR FILE]...
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52 .PP
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53 PATTERNs are basic regular expressions by default, or extended regular
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54 expressions if \fB\-E\fR is given, or fixed strings if \fB\-F\fR is given.
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55 .TP
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56 \fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-location\fR=\fI\,SOURCEFILE\/\fR
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57 select messages extracted from SOURCEFILE
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58 .TP
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59 \fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-domain\fR=\fI\,DOMAINNAME\/\fR
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60 select messages belonging to domain DOMAINNAME
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61 .TP
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62 \fB\-J\fR, \fB\-\-msgctxt\fR
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63 start of patterns for the msgctxt
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64 .TP
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65 \fB\-K\fR, \fB\-\-msgid\fR
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66 start of patterns for the msgid
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67 .TP
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68 \fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-msgstr\fR
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69 start of patterns for the msgstr
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70 .TP
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71 \fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-comment\fR
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72 start of patterns for the translator's comment
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73 .TP
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74 \fB\-X\fR, \fB\-\-extracted\-comment\fR
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75 start of patterns for the extracted comment
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76 .TP
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77 \fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-extended\-regexp\fR
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78 PATTERN is an extended regular expression
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79 .TP
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80 \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-fixed\-strings\fR
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81 PATTERN is a set of newline\-separated strings
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82 .TP
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83 \fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-regexp\fR=\fI\,PATTERN\/\fR
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84 use PATTERN as a regular expression
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85 .TP
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86 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
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87 obtain PATTERN from FILE
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88 .TP
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89 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
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90 ignore case distinctions
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91 .TP
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92 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-invert\-match\fR
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93 output only the messages that do not match any
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94 selection criterion
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95 .SS "Input file syntax:"
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96 .TP
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97 \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-input\fR
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98 input file is in Java .properties syntax
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99 .TP
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100 \fB\-\-stringtable\-input\fR
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101 input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
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102 .SS "Output details:"
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103 .TP
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104 \fB\-\-color\fR
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105 use colors and other text attributes always
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106 .TP
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107 \fB\-\-color\fR=\fI\,WHEN\/\fR
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108 use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.
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109 WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
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110 .TP
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111 \fB\-\-style\fR=\fI\,STYLEFILE\/\fR
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112 specify CSS style rule file for \fB\-\-color\fR
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113 .TP
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114 \fB\-\-no\-escape\fR
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115 do not use C escapes in output (default)
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116 .TP
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117 \fB\-\-escape\fR
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118 use C escapes in output, no extended chars
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119 .TP
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120 \fB\-\-force\-po\fR
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121 write PO file even if empty
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122 .TP
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123 \fB\-\-indent\fR
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124 indented output style
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125 .TP
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126 \fB\-\-no\-location\fR
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127 suppress '#: filename:line' lines
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128 .TP
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129 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-add\-location\fR
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130 preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
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131 .TP
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132 \fB\-\-strict\fR
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133 strict Uniforum output style
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134 .TP
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135 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-output\fR
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136 write out a Java .properties file
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137 .TP
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138 \fB\-\-stringtable\-output\fR
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139 write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
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140 .TP
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141 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
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142 set output page width
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143 .TP
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144 \fB\-\-no\-wrap\fR
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145 do not break long message lines, longer than
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146 the output page width, into several lines
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147 .TP
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148 \fB\-\-sort\-output\fR
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149 generate sorted output
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150 .TP
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151 \fB\-\-sort\-by\-file\fR
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152 sort output by file location
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153 .SS "Informative output:"
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154 .TP
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155 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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156 display this help and exit
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157 .TP
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158 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
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159 output version information and exit
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160 .SH AUTHOR
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161 Written by Bruno Haible.
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162 .SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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163 Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>
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164 or by email to <bug\-gettext@gnu.org>.
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165 .SH COPYRIGHT
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166 Copyright \(co 2001\-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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167 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
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168 .br
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169 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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170 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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171 .SH "SEE ALSO"
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172 The full documentation for
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173 .B msggrep
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174 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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175 .B info
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176 and
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177 .B msggrep
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178 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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179 .IP
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180 .B info msggrep
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181 .PP
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182 should give you access to the complete manual.
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