NAME
    msguniq - unify duplicate translations in message catalog

SYNOPSIS
    msguniq [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]

DESCRIPTION
    Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog. Finds dupli-
    cate 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 posi-
    tions 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 speci-
    fied or if it is -.

  Message selection:
    -d, --repeated
    print only duplicates

    -u, --unique
    print only unique messages, discard duplicates

  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

    -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 (C) 2001-2002 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.