A message is selected if it comes from one of the specified source files,
or if it comes from one of the specified domains,
or if -K is given and its key (msgid or msgid_plural) matches MSGID-PATTERN,
or if -T is given and its translation (msgstr) matches MSGSTR-PATTERN,
or if -C is given and the translator's comment matches COMMENT-PATTERN.
When more than one selection criterion is specified, the set of selected
messages is the union of the selected messages of each criterion.
MSGID-PATTERN or MSGSTR-PATTERN or COMMENT-PATTERN syntax:
[-E | -F] [-e PATTERN | -f FILE]...
PATTERNs are basic regular expressions by default, or extended regular
expressions if -E is given, or fixed strings if -F is given.
-N, --location=SOURCEFILE
select messages extracted from SOURCEFILE
-M, --domain=DOMAINNAME
select messages belonging to domain DOMAINNAME
-K, --msgid
start of patterns for the msgid
-T, --msgstr
start of patterns for the msgstr
-C, --comment
start of patterns for the translator's comment
-E, --extended-regexp
PATTERN is an extended regular expression
-F, --fixed-strings
PATTERN is a set of newline-separated strings
-e, --regexp=PATTERN
use PATTERN as a regular expression
-f, --file=FILE
obtain PATTERN from FILE
-i, --ignore-case
ignore case distinctions
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:
--no-escape
do not use C escapes in output (default)
--escape
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
--force-po
write PO file even if empty
--indent
indented output style
--no-location
suppress '#: filename:line' lines
--add-location
preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
--strict
strict Uniforum output style
-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
The full documentation for
msggrep
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
msggrep
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
