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NAME

       msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog

SYNOPSIS

       msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION

       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

AUTHOR

       Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.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 msguniq is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.
       If  the  info and msguniq programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

              info msguniq

       should give you access to the complete manual.