# MSGEN

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## NAME

| msgen − create English message catalog

## SYNOPSIS

| msgen [OPTION] INPUTFILE

## DESCRIPTION

| Creates an English translation catalog. The input file is the last created English PO file, or a PO Template file (generally created by xgettext). Untranslated entries are assigned a translation that is identical to the msgid. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

| Input file location:

| INPUTFILE

| input PO or POT 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 specified or if it is -.

| 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:

| −−lang=CATALOGNAME

| set ’Language’ field in the header entry

| −−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

| 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

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

| info msgen

| should give you access to the complete manual.