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 9.10 Invoking the `msgexec' Program
 ===================================
 
      msgexec [OPTION] COMMAND [COMMAND-OPTION]
 
    The `msgexec' program applies a command to all translations of a
 translation catalog.  The COMMAND can be any program that reads a
 translation from standard input.  It is invoked once for each
 translation.  Its output becomes msgexec's output.  `msgexec''s return
 code is the maximum return code across all invocations.
 
    A special builtin command called `0' outputs the translation,
 followed by a null byte.  The output of `msgexec 0' is suitable as
 input for `xargs -0'.
 
    During each COMMAND invocation, the environment variable
 `MSGEXEC_MSGID' is bound to the message's msgid, and the environment
 variable `MSGEXEC_LOCATION' is bound to the location in the PO file of
 the message.  If the message has a context, the environment variable
 `MSGEXEC_MSGCTXT' is bound to the message's msgctxt, otherwise it is
 unbound.
 
    Note: It is your responsibility to ensure that the COMMAND can cope
 with input encoded in the translation catalog's encoding.  If the
 COMMAND wants input in a particular encoding, you can in a first step
 convert the translation catalog to that encoding using the `msgconv'
 program, before invoking `msgexec'.  If the COMMAND wants input in the
 locale's encoding, but you want to avoid the locale's encoding, then
 you can first convert the translation catalog to UTF-8 using the
 `msgconv' program and then make `msgexec' work in an UTF-8 locale, by
 using the `LC_ALL' environment variable.
 
 9.10.1 Input file location
 --------------------------
 
 `-i INPUTFILE'
 `--input=INPUTFILE'
      Input PO file.
 
 `-D DIRECTORY'
 `--directory=DIRECTORY'
      Add DIRECTORY to the list of directories.  Source files are
      searched relative to this list of directories.  The resulting `.po'
      file will be written relative to the current directory, though.
 
 
    If no INPUTFILE is given or if it is `-', standard input is read.
 
 9.10.2 Input file syntax
 ------------------------
 
 `-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.
 
 
 9.10.3 Informative output
 -------------------------
 
 `-h'
 `--help'
      Display this help and exit.
 
 `-V'
 `--version'
      Output version information and exit.
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