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<!-- Creator : groff version 1.22.3 --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> p { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: top } pre { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: top } table { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: top } h1 { text-align: center } </style> <title>XGETTEXT</title> </head> <body> <h1 align="center">XGETTEXT</h1> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br> <a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br> <a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br> <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> <hr> <h2>NAME <a name="NAME"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">xgettext - extract gettext strings from source</p> <h2>SYNOPSIS <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>xgettext</b> [<i>OPTION</i>] [<i>INPUTFILE</i>]...</p> <h2>DESCRIPTION <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Extract translatable strings from given input files.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Similarly for optional arguments.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file location:</b> <br> INPUTFILE ...</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">input files</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-f</b>, <b>--files-from</b>=<i>FILE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">get list of input files from FILE</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-D</b>, <b>--directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">add DIRECTORY to list for input files search</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If input file is -, standard input is read.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file location: <br> -d</b>, <b>--default-domain</b>=<i>NAME</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">use NAME.po for output (instead of messages.po)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-o</b>, <b>--output</b>=<i>FILE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-p</b>, <b>--output-dir</b>=<i>DIR</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">output files will be placed in directory DIR</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If output file is -, output is written to standard output.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Choice of input file language: <br> -L</b>, <b>--language</b>=<i>NAME</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">recognise the specified language (C, C++, ObjectiveC, PO, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Smalltalk, Java, JavaProperties, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Ruby, GCC-source, NXStringTable, RST, RSJ, Glade, Lua, JavaScript, Vala, Desktop)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-C</b>, <b>--c</b>++</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">shorthand for <b>--language</b>=<i>C</i>++</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">By default the language is guessed depending on the input file name extension.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file interpretation: <br> --from-code</b>=<i>NAME</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">encoding of input files (except for Python, Tcl, Glade)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">By default the input files are assumed to be in ASCII.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Operation mode: <br> -j</b>, <b>--join-existing</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">join messages with existing file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-x</b>, <b>--exclude-file</b>=<i>FILE</i>.po</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">entries from FILE.po are not extracted</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-cTAG</b>, <b>--add-comments</b>=<i>TAG</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">place comment blocks starting with TAG and preceding keyword lines in output file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-c</b>, <b>--add-comments</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">place all comment blocks preceding keyword lines in output file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check</b>=<i>NAME</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">perform syntax check on messages (ellipsis-unicode, space-ellipsis,</p> <p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">quote-unicode, bullet-unicode)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--sentence-end</b>=<i>TYPE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">type describing the end of sentence (single-space, which is the default,</p> <p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">or double-space)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Language specific options: <br> -a</b>, <b>--extract-all</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">extract all strings (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Glade, Lua, JavaScript, Vala)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-kWORD</b>, <b>--keyword</b>=<i>WORD</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">look for WORD as an additional keyword</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-k</b>, <b>--keyword</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not to use default keywords (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Glade, Lua, JavaScript, Vala, Desktop)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--flag</b>=<i>WORD</i>:ARG:FLAG</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">additional flag for strings inside the argument number ARG of keyword WORD</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;">(only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell,</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Lua, JavaScript, Vala)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-T</b>, <b>--trigraphs</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">understand ANSI C trigraphs for input (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--its</b>=<i>FILE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">apply ITS rules from FILE (only XML based languages)</p> <table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="7%"> <p><b>--qt</b></p></td> <td width="4%"></td> <td width="76%"> <p>recognize Qt format strings (only language C++)</p></td> <td width="2%"> </td></tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="7%"> <p><b>--kde</b></p></td> <td width="4%"></td> <td width="76%"> <p>recognize KDE 4 format strings (only language C++)</p></td> <td width="2%"> </td></tr> </table> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--boost</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">recognize Boost format strings (only language C++)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--debug</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">more detailed formatstring recognition result</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output details: <br> --color</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text attributes always</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--color</b>=<i>WHEN</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be ’always’, ’never’, ’auto’, or ’html’.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--style</b>=<i>STYLEFILE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">specify CSS style rule file for <b>--color</b></p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-e</b>, <b>--no-escape</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not use C escapes in output (default)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-E</b>, <b>--escape</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">use C escapes in output, no extended chars</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--force-po</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write PO file even if empty</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-i</b>, <b>--indent</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write the .po file using indented style</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-location</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not write ’#: filename:line’ lines</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-n</b>, <b>--add-location</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">generate ’#: filename:line’ lines (default)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--strict</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--properties-output</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a Java .properties file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--stringtable-output</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--itstool</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out itstool comments</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-w</b>, <b>--width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">set output page width</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-wrap</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-s</b>, <b>--sort-output</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">generate sorted output (deprecated)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-F</b>, <b>--sort-by-file</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">sort output by file location</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--omit-header</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">don’t write header with ’msgid ""’ entry</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--copyright-holder</b>=<i>STRING</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">set copyright holder in output</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--foreign-user</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">omit FSF copyright in output for foreign user</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--package-name</b>=<i>PACKAGE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">set package name in output</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--package-version</b>=<i>VERSION</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">set package version in output</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--msgid-bugs-address</b>=<i>EMAIL</i>@ADDRESS</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">set report address for msgid bugs</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-m[STRING]</b>, <b>--msgstr-prefix</b>[=<i>STRING</i>]</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">use STRING or "" as prefix for msgstr values</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-M[STRING]</b>, <b>--msgstr-suffix</b>[=<i>STRING</i>]</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">use STRING or "" as suffix for msgstr values</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Informative output: <br> -h</b>, <b>--help</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">display this help and exit</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-V</b>, <b>--version</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">output version information and exit</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-v</b>, <b>--verbose</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">increase verbosity level</p> <h2>AUTHOR <a name="AUTHOR"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Written by Ulrich Drepper.</p> <h2>REPORTING BUGS <a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.</p> <h2>COPYRIGHT <a name="COPYRIGHT"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright © 1995-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> <br> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.</p> <h2>SEE ALSO <a name="SEE ALSO"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The full documentation for <b>xgettext</b> is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>xgettext</b> programs are properly installed at your site, the command</p> <p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>info xgettext</b></p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">should give you access to the complete manual.</p> <hr> </body> </html>