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, GCC-source, NXStringTable, RST, Glade)
-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
-c, --add-comments[=TAG] place comment block with TAG (or those preceding keyword lines) in output file
-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)
-k, --keyword[=WORD] additional keyword to be looked for (without WORD means 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)--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)-T, --trigraphs understand ANSI C trigraphs for input (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC)
--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
-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
-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, --msgstr-prefix[=STRING] use STRING or "" as prefix for msgstr entries
-M, --msgstr-suffix[=STRING] use STRING or "" as suffix for msgstr entries
-h, --help display this help and exit
-V, --version output version information and exit
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