MSGUNFMT(1)

NAME
msgunfmt - uncompile message catalog from binary format

SYNOPSIS
msgunfmt [OPTION] [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Convert binary message catalog to Uniforum style .po file.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

  Operation mode:

-j, --java
    Java mode: input is a Java ResourceBundle class

--csharp
    C# mode: input is a .NET .dll file

--csharp-resources
    C# resources mode: input is a .NET .resources file

--tcl
    Tcl mode: input is a tcl/msgcat .msg file

  Input file location:

FILE ...
    input .mo files

If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.

  Input file location in Java mode:

-r, --resource=RESOURCE
    resource name

-l, --locale=LOCALE
    locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

The class name is determined by appending the locale name to the resource name, separated with an underscore. The class is located using the CLASSPATH.

  Input file location in C# mode:

-r, --resource=RESOURCE
    resource name

-l, --locale=LOCALE
    locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

-d DIRECTORY
    base directory for locale dependent .dll files

The -l and -d options are mandatory. The .dll file is located in a subdirectory of the specified directory whose name depends on the locale.

  Input file location in Tcl mode:

-l, --locale=LOCALE
    locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

-d DIRECTORY
    base directory of .msg message catalogs

The -l and -d options are mandatory. The .msg file is located in the specified directory.

  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 -.

  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
    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 indented output style

--strict
    write strict uniforum style

-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

  Informative output:

-h, --help
    display this help and exit

-V, --version
    output version information and exit

-v, --verbose
    increase verbosity level

AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper and Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1995-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
The full documentation for msgunfmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgunfmt programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info msgunfmt

should give you access to the complete manual.