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xgettext — Extract gettext strings from code files. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/man
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xgettext command: Extract gettext strings from code files. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#xgettext-Invocation>.Solution
xgettext — Extract gettext strings from code files. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#xgettext-Invocation>.Scan file and output strings to
messages.po:xgettext {{path/to/input_file}}Use a different output filename:
xgettext {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output_file}} {{path/to/input_file}}Append new strings to an existing file:
xgettext {{[-j|--join-existing]}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output_file}} {{path/to/input_file}}Don't add a header containing metadata to the output file:
xgettext --omit-header {{path/to/input_file}}Display help:
xgettext {{[-h|--help]}}Code Snippets
Scan file and output strings to `messages.po`
xgettext {{path/to/input_file}}Use a different output filename
xgettext {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output_file}} {{path/to/input_file}}Append new strings to an existing file
xgettext {{[-j|--join-existing]}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output_file}} {{path/to/input_file}}Don't add a header containing metadata to the output file
xgettext --omit-header {{path/to/input_file}}Display help
xgettext {{[-h|--help]}}Context
tldr-pages: common/xgettext
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