msgunfmt(1)

msgunfmt1

Uncompile message catalog from binary format

Usage

msgunfmt [OPTION] [FILE] ...

Overview

Convert binary message catalog to Uniforum style .po file.

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

Operation mode:

-j, --java

Java mode: input is a Java ResourceBundle class

--csharp

C# mode: input is a .NET .dll file

--csharp-resources

C# resources mode: input is a .NET .resources file

--tcl

Tcl mode: input is a tcl/msgcat .msg file

Input file location:

FILE ...

input .mo files

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

Input file location in Java mode:

-r, --resource=RESOURCE

resource name

-l, --locale=LOCALE

locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

The class name is determined by appending the locale name to the resource name, separated with an underscore. The class is located using the CLASSPATH.

Input file location in C# mode:

-r, --resource=RESOURCE

resource name

-l, --locale=LOCALE

locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

-d DIRECTORY

base directory for locale dependent .dll files

The -l and -d options are mandatory. The .dll file is located in a subdirectory of the specified directory whose name depends on the locale.

Input file location in Tcl mode:

-l, --locale=LOCALE

locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

-d DIRECTORY

base directory of .msg message catalogs

The -l and -d options are mandatory. The .msg file is located in the specified directory.

Output file location:

-o, --output-file=FILE

write output to specified file

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

Output details:

--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 indented output style

--strict

write strict uniforum 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

-s, --sort-output

generate sorted output

Informative output:

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-V, --version

output version information and exit

-v, --verbose

increase verbosity level

Releases

13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0
  4. 5.0
  5. 6.0–7
  6. 8
  7. 9–10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. Arch

--color since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --csharp since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --csharp-resources since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --java since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --locale since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --no-wrap since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --properties-output since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --resource since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --sort-output since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --stringtable-output since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --style since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --tcl since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --verbose since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -d since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -j since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -l since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -p since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -r since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -s since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -v since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

Author

Written by Ulrich Drepper and 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.