SYNOPSIS

       msggrep [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]


DESCRIPTION

       Extracts  all messages of a translation catalog that match
       a given pattern or belong to some given source files.

       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:
              [-N  SOURCEFILE]...  [-M DOMAINNAME]...  [-K MSGID-
              PATTERN] [-T MSGSTR-PATTERN] [-C COMMENT-PATTERN]

       A message is selected if it comes from one of  the  speci­
       fied  source  files, or if it comes from one of the speci­
       fied domains, or if -K is given  and  its  key  (msgid  or
       msgid_plural) matches MSGID-PATTERN, or if -T is given and
       its translation (msgstr) matches MSGSTR-PATTERN, or if  -C
       is given and the translator's comment matches COMMENT-PAT­
       TERN.

       When more than one selection criterion is  specified,  the
       set of selected messages is the union of the selected mes­
       sages of each criterion.

   MSGID-PATTERN or MSGSTR-PATTERN syntax:
              [-E | -F] [-e PATTERN | -f FILE]...

       PATTERNs are basic  regular  expressions  by  default,  or
       extended  regular  expressions  if  -E  is given, or fixed
       strings if -F is given.

       -N, --location=SOURCEFILE
              select messages extracted from SOURCEFILE
              PATTERN is a set of newline-separated strings

       -e, --regexp=PATTERN
              use PATTERN as a regular expression

       -f, --file=FILE
              obtain PATTERN from FILE

       -i, --ignore-case
              ignore case distinctions

   Output details:
       --no-escape
              do not use C escapes in output (default)

       --escape
              use C escapes in output, no extended chars

       --force-po
              write PO file even if empty

       --indent
              indented output style

       --no-location
              suppress '#: filename:line' lines

       --add-location
              preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)

       --strict
              strict Uniforum output style

       -w, --width=NUMBER
              set output page width

       --no-wrap
              do not break long message lines,  longer  than  the
              output page width, into several lines

       --sort-output
              generate sorted output

       --sort-by-file
              sort output by file location

   Informative output:
       -h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -V, --version
              output version information and exit

       The full documentation for msggrep is maintained as a Tex­
       info manual.  If the info and msggrep programs  are  prop­
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info msggrep

       should give you access to the complete manual.



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