# MSGUNIQ

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## NAME

| msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog

## SYNOPSIS

| msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

## DESCRIPTION

| Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog. Finds duplicate translations of the same message ID. Such duplicates are invalid input for other programs like msgfmt, msgmerge or msgcat. By default, duplicates are merged together. When using the --repeated option, only duplicates are output, and all other messages are discarded. Comments and extracted comments will be cumulated, except that if --use-first is specified, they will be taken from the first translation. File positions will be cumulated. When using the --unique option, duplicates are discarded.

| 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 specified or if it is -.

| Message selection:

| -d, --repeated

| print only duplicates

| -u, --unique

| print only unique messages, discard duplicates

| 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:

| -t, --to-code=NAME

| encoding for output

| --use-first

| use first available translation for each message, don't 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 <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

## COPYRIGHT

| Copyright 2001-2003 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 msguniq is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msguniq programs are properly installed at your site, the command

| info msguniq

| should give you access to the complete manual.