MSGEXEC(1)                                                     GNU                                                    MSGEXEC(1)



NAME
       msgexec - process translations of message catalog

SYNOPSIS
       msgexec [OPTION] COMMAND [COMMAND-OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       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".

       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

AUTHOR
       Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettextATgnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C)  2001-2010  Free  Software  Foundation,   Inc.    License   GPLv3+:   GNU   GPL   version   3   or   later
       <http://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  msgexec  is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msgexec programs are properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info msgexec

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU gettext-tools 0.18.1                                    June 2010                                                 MSGEXEC(1)