msgexec(1)

msgexec1

Process translations of message catalog

Usage

msgexec [OPTION] COMMAND [COMMAND-OPTION]

Overview

Applies a command to all translations of a translation catalog. The COMMAND can be any program that reads a translation from standard input. It is invoked once for each translation. Its output becomes msgexec's output. msgexec's return code is the maximum return code across all invocations.

A special builtin command called '0' outputs the translation, followed by a null byte. The output of "msgexec 0" is suitable as input for "xargs -0".

Command input:

--newline

add newline at the end of input

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

Input file location:

-i, --input=INPUTFILE

input PO file

-D, --directory=DIRECTORY

add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

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

Input file syntax:

-P, --properties-input

input file is in Java .properties syntax

--stringtable-input

input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

Informative output:

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-V, --version

output version information and exit

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0–7
  5. 8
  6. 9–10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13
  10. Arch

--newline since Debian 9 (Stretch).

Author

Written by Bruno Haible.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <[email protected]>.

From gettext 1.0-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.