Manual: msgunfmt

MSGUNFMT(1)						User Commands						 MSGUNFMT(1)

NAME
       msgunfmt - uncompile message catalog from binary format

SYNOPSIS
       msgunfmt [OPTION] [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Convert binary message catalog to Uniforum style .po file.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

   Operation mode:
       -j, --java
	      Java mode: input is a Java ResourceBundle class

       --csharp
	      C# mode: input is a .NET .dll file

       --csharp-resources
	      C# resources mode: input is a .NET .resources file

       --tcl  Tcl mode: input is a tcl/msgcat .msg file

   Input file location:
       FILE ...
	      input .mo files

       If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.

   Input file location in Java mode:
       -r, --resource=RESOURCE
	      resource name

       -l, --locale=LOCALE
	      locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

       The  class  name	 is determined by appending the locale name to the resource name, separated with an underscore.	 The
       class is located using the CLASSPATH.

   Input file location in C# mode:
       -r, --resource=RESOURCE
	      resource name

       -l, --locale=LOCALE
	      locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

       -d DIRECTORY
	      base directory for locale dependent .dll files

       The -l and -d options are mandatory.  The .dll file is located in a subdirectory of  the	 specified  directory  whose
       name depends on the locale.

   Input file location in Tcl mode:
       -l, --locale=LOCALE
	      locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

       -d DIRECTORY
	      base directory of .msg message catalogs

       The -l and -d options are mandatory.  The .msg file is located in the specified directory.

   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 -.

   Output details:
       --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 indented output style

       --strict
	      write strict uniforum 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

   Informative output:
       -h, --help
	      display this help and exit

       -V, --version
	      output version information and exit

       -v, --verbose
	      increase verbosity level

AUTHOR
       Written by Ulrich Drepper.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs in the bug tracker at  or by email to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1995-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later 
       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 msgunfmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msgunfmt programs  are  prop‐
       erly installed at your site, the command

	      info msgunfmt

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.23-bisect-1a			  June 2025						 MSGUNFMT(1)