MSGGREP(1)			      GNU			    MSGGREP(1)



NAME
       msggrep - pattern matching on message catalog

SYNOPSIS
       msggrep [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Extracts  all messages of a translation catalog that match a given pat
       tern 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 speci
       fied or if it is -.

   Message selection:
	      [-N SOURCEFILE]... [-M DOMAINNAME]...  [-J MSGCTXT-PATTERN]  [-K
	      MSGID-PATTERN]  [-T  MSGSTR-PATTERN]  [-C  COMMENT-PATTERN]  [-X
	      EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN]

       A message is selected if it comes from  one  of	the  specified	source
       files,  or  if  it comes from one of the specified domains, or if -J is
       given and its context (msgctxt) matches MSGCTXT-PATTERN, 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 translators comment matches COMMENT-PATTERN, or if
       -X is given and the extracted  comment  matches	EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PAT
       TERN.

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

       MSGCTXT-PATTERN	or  MSGID-PATTERN or MSGSTR-PATTERN or COMMENT-PATTERN
       or EXTRACTED-COMMENT-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

       -M, --domain=DOMAINNAME
	      select messages belonging to domain DOMAINNAME

       -J, --msgctxt
	      start of patterns for the msgctxt

       -K, --msgid
	      start of patterns for the msgid

       -T, --msgstr
	      start of patterns for the msgstr

       -C, --comment
	      start of patterns for the translators comment

       -X, --extracted-comment
	      start of patterns for the extracted comment

       -E, --extended-regexp
	      PATTERN is an extended regular expression

       -F, --fixed-strings
	      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

       -v, --invert-match
	      output  only the messages that do not match any selection crite
	      rion

   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:
       --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

       -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

       --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

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 msggrep is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and msggrep programs are properly installed at  your  site,
       the command

	      info msggrep

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU gettext-tools 0.16.1	 November 2006			    MSGGREP(1)