msgattrib: Attribute matching and manipulation on message catalog

DESCRIPTION

Filters the messages of a translation catalog according to their attributes, and manipulates the attributes.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.

The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.

--set-fuzzy: set all messages 'fuzzy'
--clear-fuzzy: set all messages non-'fuzzy'
--set-obsolete: set all messages obsolete
--clear-obsolete: set all messages non-obsolete
--previous: when setting 'fuzzy', keep previous msgids of translated messages.
--clear-previous: remove the "previous msgid" from all messages
--empty: when removing 'fuzzy', also set msgstr empty
--only-file=FILE.po: manipulate only entries listed in FILE.po
--ignore-file=FILE.po: manipulate only entries not listed in FILE.po
--fuzzy: synonym for --only-fuzzy --clear-fuzzy
--obsolete: synonym for --only-obsolete --clear-obsolete

--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
-e, --no-escape: do not use C escapes in output (default)
-E, --escape: use C escapes in output, no extended chars
--force-po: write PO file even if empty
-i, --indent: write the .po file using indented style
--no-location: do not write '#: filename:line' lines
-n, --add-location: generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
--strict: write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
-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
-s, --sort-output: generate sorted output
-F, --sort-by-file: sort output by file location