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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.24.
.TH MSGCONV "1" "December 2015" "GNU gettext-tools 0.19.7" GNU
.SH NAME
msgconv \- character set conversion for message catalog
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B msgconv
[\fIOPTION\fR] [\fIINPUTFILE\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Converts a translation catalog to a different character encoding.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.SS "Input file location:"
.TP
INPUTFILE
input PO file
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
.PP
If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.
.SS "Output file location:"
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
write output to specified file
.PP
The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified
or if it is -.
.SS "Conversion target:"
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-to\-code\fR=\fINAME\fR
encoding for output
.PP
The default encoding is the current locale's encoding.
.SS "Input file syntax:"
.TP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-input\fR
input file is in Java .properties syntax
.TP
\fB\-\-stringtable\-input\fR
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
.SS "Output details:"
.TP
\fB\-\-color\fR
use colors and other text attributes always
.TP
\fB\-\-color\fR=\fIWHEN\fR
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.
WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
.TP
\fB\-\-style\fR=\fISTYLEFILE\fR
specify CSS style rule file for \fB\-\-color\fR
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-no\-escape\fR
do not use C escapes in output (default)
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-escape\fR
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
.TP
\fB\-\-force\-po\fR
write PO file even if empty
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-indent\fR
indented output style
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-location\fR
suppress '#: filename:line' lines
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-add\-location\fR
preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
.TP
\fB\-\-strict\fR
strict Uniforum output style
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-output\fR
write out a Java .properties file
.TP
\fB\-\-stringtable\-output\fR
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
set output page width
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-wrap\fR
do not break long message lines, longer than
the output page width, into several lines
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-output\fR
generate sorted output
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-by\-file\fR
sort output by file location
.SS "Informative output:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B msgconv
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B msgconv
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info msgconv
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.