msguniq(1)

msguniq1

Unify duplicate translations in message catalog

Usage

msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

Overview

Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog. Finds duplicate translations of the same message ID. Such duplicates are invalid input for other programs like msgfmt, msgmerge or msgcat. By default, duplicates are merged together. When using the --repeated option, only duplicates are output, and all other messages are discarded. Comments and extracted comments will be cumulated, except that if --use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first translation. File positions will be cumulated. When using the --unique option, duplicates are discarded.

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

Input file location:

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.

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 -.

Message selection:

-d, --repeated

print only duplicates

-u, --unique

print only unique messages, discard duplicates

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:

-t, --to-code=NAME

encoding for output

--use-first

use first available translation for each message, don't merge several translations

--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

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

--color since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --style since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

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.