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MSGINIT(1)                       User Commands                      MSGINIT(1)

NAME

msginit - initialize a message catalog

SYNOPSIS

msginit [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with values from the user's environment. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Input file location: -i, --input=INPUTFILE input POT file If no input file is given, the current directory is searched for the POT file. If it is -, standard input is read. Output file location: -o, --output-file=FILE write output to specified PO file If no output file is given, it depends on the --locale option or the user's locale setting. If it is -, the results are written to standard output. Input file syntax: -P, --properties-input input file is in Java .properties syntax --stringtable-input input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax Output details: -l, --locale=LL_CC[.ENCODING] set target locale --no-translator assume the PO file is automatically generated --color use colors and other text attributes always --color=WHEN use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'. --style=STYLEFILE specify CSS style rule file for --color -p, --properties-output write out a Java .properties file --stringtable-output write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file -w, --width=NUMBER set output page width --no-wrap do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines 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 in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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 msginit is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msginit programs are properly installed at your site, the command info msginit should give you access to the complete manual. GNU gettext-tools 0.21.1 October 2022 MSGINIT(1)

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