msgunfmt - Man Page
uncompile message catalog from binary format
Examples (TL;DR)
- Output conversion:
msgunfmt path/to/file.mo
- Convert a
.mo
file to a.po
file:msgunfmt path/to/file.mo > path/to/file.po
Synopsis
msgunfmt [OPTION] [FILE]...
Description
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
Author
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
Copyright
Copyright © 1995-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
See Also
The full documentation for msgunfmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgunfmt programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info msgunfmt
should give you access to the complete manual.