     msginit [OPTION]

The msginit program creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with values from the user's environment.

Input file location
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-i INPUTFILE
--input=INPUTFILE
     Input POT file.

If no INPUTFILE is given, the current directory is searched for the POT file.  If it is -, standard input is read.

Output file location
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-o FILE
--output-file=FILE
     Write output to specified PO file.

If no output file is given, it depends on the --locale option or the user's locale setting.  If it is -, the results are written to standard output.

Input file syntax
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-P
--properties-input
     Assume the input file is a Java ResourceBundle in Java .properties syntax, not in PO file syntax.

--stringtable-input
     Assume the input file is a NeXTstep/GNUstep localized resource file in .strings syntax, not in PO file syntax.

Output details
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-l LL_CC
--locale=LL_CC
     Set target locale.  LL should be a language code, and CC should be a country code.  The command locale -a can be used to output a list of all installed locales.  The default is the user's locale setting.

--no-translator
     Declares that the PO file will not have a human translator and is instead automatically generated.

--color
--color=WHEN
     Specify whether or when to use colors and other text attributes. See The --color option for details.

--style=STYLE_FILE
     Specify the CSS style rule file to use for --color. See The --style option for details.

-p
--properties-output
     Write out a Java ResourceBundle in Java .properties syntax.  Note that this file format doesn't support plural forms and silently drops obsolete messages.

--stringtable-output
     Write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep localized resource file in .strings syntax. Note that this file format doesn't support plural forms.

-w NUMBER
--width=NUMBER
     Set the output page width.  Long strings in the output files will be split across multiple lines in order to ensure that each line's width (= number of screen columns) is less or equal to the given NUMBER.

--no-wrap
     Do not break long message lines.  Message lines whose width exceeds the output page width will not be split into several lines.  Only file reference lines which are wider than the output page width will be split.

Informative output
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-h
--help
     Display this help and exit.

-V
--version
     Output version information and exit.