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MSGCMP(1)			  User Commands 		       MSGCMP(1)

NAME
     msgcmp - compare message catalog and template

SYNOPSIS
     msgcmp [OPTION] def.po ref.pot

DESCRIPTION
     Compare  two  Uniforum  style .po files to check that both contain the same
     set of msgid strings.  The def.po file is an  existing  PO  file  with  the
     translations.   The  ref.pot file is the last created PO file, or a PO Tem-
     plate file (generally created by xgettext).  This is  useful  for	checking
     that  you have translated each and every message in your program.	Where an
     exact match cannot be found, fuzzy matching is used to produce better diag-
     nostics.

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

   Input file location:
     def.po
	    translations

     ref.pot
	    references to the sources

     -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
	    add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

   Operation modifiers:
     -m, --multi-domain
	    apply ref.pot to each of the domains in def.po

     -N, --no-fuzzy-matching
	    do not use fuzzy matching

     --use-fuzzy
	    consider fuzzy entries

     --use-untranslated
	    consider untranslated entries

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

     --stringtable-input
	    input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

   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 in the bug tracker  at  <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/get-
     text> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 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 msgcmp is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.   If
     the  info and msgcmp programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
     mand

	    info msgcmp

     should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 1.0		  January 2026			       MSGCMP(1)

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