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NAME
       msgcat - combines several message catalogs

SYNOPSIS
       msgcat [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Concatenates  and  merges  the specified PO files.  Find messages which
       are common to two or more of the specified  PO  files.	By  using  the
       --more-than  option,  greater  commonality may be requested before mes
       sages are printed.  Conversely, the --less-than option may be  used  to
       specify	 less	commonality   before   messages   are	printed  (i.e.
       --less-than=2 will only print the unique messages).  Translations, com
       ments   and   extract  comments	will  be  cumulated,  except  that  if
       --use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first PO file  to
       define them.  File positions from all PO files will be cumulated.

       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
       too.

   Input file location:
       INPUTFILE ...
	      input files

       -f, --files-from=FILE
	      get list of input files from FILE

       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
	      add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

       If input file 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	speci
       fied or if it is -.

   Message selection:
       -<, --less-than=NUMBER
	      print messages with less than this many definitions, defaults to
	      infinite if not set

       ->, --more-than=NUMBER
	      print messages with more than this many definitions, defaults to
	      0 if not set

       -u, --unique
	      shorthand  for --less-than=2, requests that only unique messages
	      be printed

   Input file syntax:
       -P, --properties-input
	      input files are in Java .properties syntax

       --stringtable-input
	      input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

   Output details:
       -t, --to-code=NAME
	      encoding for output

       --use-first
	      use first available translation for each	message,  dont	merge
	      several translations

       -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 .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  2001-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO  warranty;  not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for msgcat is maintained as  a  Texinfo  manual.
       If  the	info  and msgcat programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info msgcat

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU gettext-tools 0.16.1	 November 2006			     MSGCAT(1)