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NAME
     msginit - initialize a message catalog

SYNOPSIS
     msginit [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
     Creates  a  new PO file, initializing the meta information with values from
     the user's environment.

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

   Input file location:
     -i, --input=INPUTFILE
	    input POT file

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

   Output file location:
     -o, --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 the output file already exists, it is merged with the
     input file, as if through 'msgmerge'.  If it is -, the results are  written
     to standard output.

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

     --stringtable-input
	    input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

   Output details:
     -l, --locale=LL_CC[.ENCODING]
	    set target locale

     --no-translator
	    assume the PO file is automatically generated

     --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

     -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

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

     -V, --version
	    output version information and exit

AUTHOR
     Written by Bruno Haible.

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) 2001-2026 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 msginit is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.   If
     the info and msginit programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
     mand

	    info msginit

     should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 1.0		  January 2026			      MSGINIT(1)

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