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## NAME

msgcomm - match two message catalogs

## SYNOPSIS

msgcomm.exe [OPTION] [INPUTFILE]...

## DESCRIPTION

Find messages which are common to two or more of the specified PO files. By using the --more-than option, greater commonality may be requested before messages are printed. Conversely, the --less-than option may be used to specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e. --less-than=2 will only print the unique messages). Translations, comments and extracted comments will be preserved, but only from the first PO file to define them. File positions from all PO files will be cumulated.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Input file location: 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.

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 -. Message selection: -<, --less-than=NUMBER |

print messages with less than this many definitions, defaults to infinite if not set

->, --more-than=NUMBER
print messages with more than this many definitions, defaults to 1 if not set

-u, --unique shorthand for --less-than=2, requests that only unique messages be printed

Input file syntax:
-P, --properties-input
input files are in Java .properties syntax

## --stringtable-input

|  | input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
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 -E, --escape --force-po -i, --indent --no-location -n, --add-location --strict |  | do not use C escapes in output (default) use C escapes in output, no extended chars write PO file even if empty write the .po file using indented style do not write '#: filename:line' lines generate '#: filename:line' lines (default) write out strict Uniforum conforming .po file

-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 -F, --sort-by-file sort output by file location --omit-header don't write header with 'msgid | 'msgid ""' entry

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

-V, --version output version information and exit

## AUTHOR

Written by Peter Miller.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1995-1998, 2000-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permit- ted by law.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for msgcomm.exe is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgcomm.exe pro- grams are properly installed at your site, the command

info msgcomm.exe

should give you access to the complete manual.