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XGETTEXT(1) |
User Commands |
XGETTEXT(1) |
xgettext - extract gettext strings from source
xgettext [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...
Extract translatable strings from given input files.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
options too. Similarly for optional arguments.
- 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.
- -d, --default-domain=NAME
- use NAME.po for output (instead of messages.po)
- -o, --output=FILE
- write output to specified file
- -p, --output-dir=DIR
- output files will be placed in directory DIR
If output file is -, output is written to standard output.
- -L, --language=NAME
- recognise the specified language (C, C++, ObjectiveC, PO, Shell, Python,
Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Smalltalk, Java, JavaProperties, C#, awk,
YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Ruby, GCC-source, NXStringTable, RST, RSJ, Glade,
Lua, JavaScript, Vala, Desktop)
- -C, --c++
- shorthand for --language=C++
By default the language is guessed depending on the input file
name extension.
- --from-code=NAME
- encoding of input files (except for Python, Tcl, Glade)
By default the input files are assumed to be in ASCII.
- -j, --join-existing
- join messages with existing file
- -x, --exclude-file=FILE.po
- entries from FILE.po are not extracted
- -cTAG, --add-comments=TAG
- place comment blocks starting with TAG and preceding keyword lines in
output file
- -c, --add-comments
- place all comment blocks preceding keyword lines in output file
- --check=NAME
- perform syntax check on messages (ellipsis-unicode, space-ellipsis,
- quote-unicode, bullet-unicode)
- --sentence-end=TYPE
- type describing the end of sentence (single-space, which is the
default,
- or double-space)
- -a, --extract-all
- 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)
- -kWORD, --keyword=WORD
- look for WORD as an additional keyword
- -k, --keyword
- 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)
- --flag=WORD:ARG:FLAG
- additional flag for strings inside the argument number ARG of keyword
WORD
- (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell,
- Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl,
PHP, GCC-source, Lua, JavaScript, Vala)
- -T, --trigraphs
- understand ANSI C trigraphs for input (only languages C, C++,
ObjectiveC)
- --its=FILE
- apply ITS rules from FILE (only XML based languages)
- --qt
- recognize Qt format strings (only language C++)
- --kde
- recognize KDE 4 format strings (only language C++)
- --boost
- recognize Boost format strings (only language C++)
- --debug
- more detailed formatstring recognition result
- --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
- --properties-output
- write out a Java .properties file
- --stringtable-output
- write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
- --itstool
- write out itstool comments
- -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
- --omit-header
- don't write header with 'msgid ""' entry
- --copyright-holder=STRING
- set copyright holder in output
- --foreign-user
- omit FSF copyright in output for foreign user
- --package-name=PACKAGE
- set package name in output
- --package-version=VERSION
- set package version in output
- --msgid-bugs-address=EMAIL@ADDRESS
- set report address for msgid bugs
- -m[STRING], --msgstr-prefix[=STRING]
- use STRING or "" as prefix for msgstr values
- -M[STRING], --msgstr-suffix[=STRING]
- use STRING or "" as suffix for msgstr values
- -h, --help
- display this help and exit
- -V, --version
- output version information and exit
- -v, --verbose
- increase verbosity level
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
Report bugs in the bug tracker at
<https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to
<bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 1995-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <https://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.
The full documentation for xgettext is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and xgettext programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
- info xgettext
should give you access to the complete manual.
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