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<H1>XGETTEXT</H1>
Section: GNU (1)<BR>Updated: March 2020<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
xgettext - extract gettext strings from source
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>xgettext</B>
[<I>OPTION</I>] [<I>INPUTFILE</I>]...
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<P>
Extract translatable strings from given input files.
<P>
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Similarly for optional arguments.
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<H3>Input file location:</H3>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="1">INPUTFILE ...<DD>
input files
<DT id="2"><B>-f</B>, <B>--files-from</B>=<I>FILE</I><DD>
get list of input files from FILE
<DT id="3"><B>-D</B>, <B>--directory</B>=<I>DIRECTORY</I><DD>
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
</DL>
<P>
If input file is -, standard input is read.
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<H3>Output file location:</H3>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="4"><B>-d</B>, <B>--default-domain</B>=<I>NAME</I><DD>
use NAME.po for output (instead of messages.po)
<DT id="5"><B>-o</B>, <B>--output</B>=<I>FILE</I><DD>
write output to specified file
<DT id="6"><B>-p</B>, <B>--output-dir</B>=<I>DIR</I><DD>
output files will be placed in directory DIR
</DL>
<P>
If output file is -, output is written to standard output.
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<H3>Choice of input file language:</H3>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="7"><B>-L</B>, <B>--language</B>=<I>NAME</I><DD>
recognise the specified language
(C, C++, ObjectiveC, PO, Shell, Python, Lisp,
EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Smalltalk, Java,
JavaProperties, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP,
GCC-source, NXStringTable, RST, Glade, Lua,
JavaScript, Vala, Desktop)
<DT id="8"><B>-C</B>, <B>--c</B>++<DD>
shorthand for <B>--language</B>=<I>C</I>++
</DL>
<P>
By default the language is guessed depending on the input file name extension.
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<H3>Input file interpretation:</H3>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="9"><B>--from-code</B>=<I>NAME</I><DD>
encoding of input files
(except for Python, Tcl, Glade)
</DL>
<P>
By default the input files are assumed to be in ASCII.
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<H3>Operation mode:</H3>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="10"><B>-j</B>, <B>--join-existing</B><DD>
join messages with existing file
<DT id="11"><B>-x</B>, <B>--exclude-file</B>=<I>FILE</I>.po<DD>
entries from FILE.po are not extracted
<DT id="12"><B>-cTAG</B>, <B>--add-comments</B>=<I>TAG</I><DD>
place comment blocks starting with TAG and
preceding keyword lines in output file
<DT id="13"><B>-c</B>, <B>--add-comments</B><DD>
place all comment blocks preceding keyword lines
in output file
<DT id="14"><B>--check</B>=<I>NAME</I><DD>
perform syntax check on messages
(ellipsis-unicode, space-ellipsis,
<DT id="15"><DD>
quote-unicode, bullet-unicode)
<DT id="16"><B>--sentence-end</B>=<I>TYPE</I><DD>
type describing the end of sentence
(single-space, which is the default,
<DT id="17"><DD>
or double-space)
</DL>
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<H3>Language specific options:</H3>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="18"><B>-a</B>, <B>--extract-all</B><DD>
extract all strings
(only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell,
Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java,
C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Glade,
Lua, JavaScript, Vala)
<DT id="19"><B>-kWORD</B>, <B>--keyword</B>=<I>WORD</I><DD>
look for WORD as an additional keyword
<DT id="20"><B>-k</B>, <B>--keyword</B><DD>
do not to use default keywords
(only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell,
Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java,
C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Glade,
Lua, JavaScript, Vala, Desktop)
<DT id="21"><B>--flag</B>=<I>WORD</I>:ARG:FLAG<DD>
additional flag for strings inside the argument
number ARG of keyword WORD
<DT id="22"><DD>
(only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell,
Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java,
C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source,
Lua, JavaScript, Vala)
<DT id="23"><B>-T</B>, <B>--trigraphs</B><DD>
understand ANSI C trigraphs for input
(only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC)
<DT id="24"><B>--its</B>=<I>FILE</I><DD>
apply ITS rules from FILE
(only XML based languages)
<DT id="25"><B>--qt</B><DD>
recognize Qt format strings
(only language C++)
<DT id="26"><B>--kde</B><DD>
recognize KDE 4 format strings
(only language C++)
<DT id="27"><B>--boost</B><DD>
recognize Boost format strings
(only language C++)
<DT id="28"><B>--debug</B><DD>
more detailed formatstring recognition result
</DL>
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<H3>Output details:</H3>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="29"><B>--color</B><DD>
use colors and other text attributes always
<DT id="30"><B>--color</B>=<I>WHEN</I><DD>
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.
WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
<DT id="31"><B>--style</B>=<I>STYLEFILE</I><DD>
specify CSS style rule file for <B>--color</B>
<DT id="32"><B>-e</B>, <B>--no-escape</B><DD>
do not use C escapes in output (default)
<DT id="33"><B>-E</B>, <B>--escape</B><DD>
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
<DT id="34"><B>--force-po</B><DD>
write PO file even if empty
<DT id="35"><B>-i</B>, <B>--indent</B><DD>
write the .po file using indented style
<DT id="36"><B>--no-location</B><DD>
do not write '#: filename:line' lines
<DT id="37"><B>-n</B>, <B>--add-location</B><DD>
generate '#: filename:line' lines (default)
<DT id="38"><B>--strict</B><DD>
write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file
<DT id="39"><B>--properties-output</B><DD>
write out a Java .properties file
<DT id="40"><B>--stringtable-output</B><DD>
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
<DT id="41"><B>--itstool</B><DD>
write out itstool comments
<DT id="42"><B>-w</B>, <B>--width</B>=<I>NUMBER</I><DD>
set output page width
<DT id="43"><B>--no-wrap</B><DD>
do not break long message lines, longer than
the output page width, into several lines
<DT id="44"><B>-s</B>, <B>--sort-output</B><DD>
generate sorted output
<DT id="45"><B>-F</B>, <B>--sort-by-file</B><DD>
sort output by file location
<DT id="46"><B>--omit-header</B><DD>
don't write header with 'msgid &quot;&quot;' entry
<DT id="47"><B>--copyright-holder</B>=<I>STRING</I><DD>
set copyright holder in output
<DT id="48"><B>--foreign-user</B><DD>
omit FSF copyright in output for foreign user
<DT id="49"><B>--package-name</B>=<I>PACKAGE</I><DD>
set package name in output
<DT id="50"><B>--package-version</B>=<I>VERSION</I><DD>
set package version in output
<DT id="51"><B>--msgid-bugs-address</B>=<I>EMAIL</I>@ADDRESS<DD>
set report address for msgid bugs
<DT id="52"><B>-m[STRING]</B>, <B>--msgstr-prefix</B>[=<I>STRING</I>]<DD>
use STRING or &quot;&quot; as prefix for msgstr
values
<DT id="53"><B>-M[STRING]</B>, <B>--msgstr-suffix</B>[=<I>STRING</I>]<DD>
use STRING or &quot;&quot; as suffix for msgstr
values
</DL>
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<H3>Informative output:</H3>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="54"><B>-h</B>, <B>--help</B><DD>
display this help and exit
<DT id="55"><B>-V</B>, <B>--version</B><DD>
output version information and exit
</DL>
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
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<H2>REPORTING BUGS</H2>
Report bugs to &lt;<A HREF="mailto:bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org">bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org</A>&gt;.
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<H2>COPYRIGHT</H2>
Copyright &#169; 1995-1998, 2000-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later &lt;<A HREF="http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</A>&gt;
<BR>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
The full documentation for
<B>xgettext</B>
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
<B>info</B>
and
<B>xgettext</B>
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="56"><DD>
<B>info xgettext</B>
</DL>
<P>
should give you access to the complete manual.
<P>
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
<DL>
<DT id="57"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="58"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="59"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DL>
<DT id="60"><A HREF="#lbAE">Input file location:</A><DD>
<DT id="61"><A HREF="#lbAF">Output file location:</A><DD>
<DT id="62"><A HREF="#lbAG">Choice of input file language:</A><DD>
<DT id="63"><A HREF="#lbAH">Input file interpretation:</A><DD>
<DT id="64"><A HREF="#lbAI">Operation mode:</A><DD>
<DT id="65"><A HREF="#lbAJ">Language specific options:</A><DD>
<DT id="66"><A HREF="#lbAK">Output details:</A><DD>
<DT id="67"><A HREF="#lbAL">Informative output:</A><DD>
</DL>
<DT id="68"><A HREF="#lbAM">AUTHOR</A><DD>
<DT id="69"><A HREF="#lbAN">REPORTING BUGS</A><DD>
<DT id="70"><A HREF="#lbAO">COPYRIGHT</A><DD>
<DT id="71"><A HREF="#lbAP">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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