xliff2po(1)

💅 xliff2po — like, the manual page, bestie

okay so this is xliff2po(1), and it's your new fave little tool from the Translate Toolkit (version 3.12.1, for the record 📌). She converts XLIFF localization files into Gettext PO localization files. That's the whole vibe. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xliff2po — converts XLIFF localization files into Gettext PO localization files. Glow-up from one format to the other, no cap 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

xliff2po [--version] [-h|--help] [--manpage] [--progress PROGRESS]
[--errorlevel ERRORLEVEL] [-i|--input] INPUT [-x|--exclude EXCLUDE]
[-o|--output] OUTPUT [-S|--timestamp] [-P|--pot] [--duplicates
DUPLICATESTYLE]

like, that's the whole shape of the command. every flag shown, none invented 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the manpage itself is very demure, very mindful about it — it just says:

See: http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/translate-toolkit/en/latest/commands/xliff2po.html for examples and usage instructions.

and honestly? go look at it. examples and usage instructions are all in there, periodt 👑

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --version — shows the program's version number and then exits. cute little flex, then bye 💅
• -h/--help — shows you this help message and exits. the classic "help me help you" moment 😭
• --manpage — outputs a manpage based on the help. very meta, honestly iconic 🌀
• --progress — picks how progress gets shown to you: dots, none, bar, names, verbose. pick your vibe check ✨
• --errorlevel — picks how much error detail you get: none, message, exception, traceback. from "don't perceive it" to "show me everything" 💀
• -i/--input — reads from INPUT in xlf, xliff formats. this is where the XLIFF lives, bestie 🏠
• -x/--exclude — excludes names matching EXCLUDE from input paths. like a bouncer at the door, but for filenames 🙈
• -o/--output — writes to OUTPUT in po, pot formats. that's the destination, the main character destination 🎯
• -S/--timestamp — skips the conversion if the output file has a newer timestamp. not me avoiding work when it's already up to date 😴 ngl it's efficient
• -P/--pot — outputs PO Templates (.pot) rather than PO files (.po). templates instead of translations, so the translators have a clean slate 🌈
• --duplicates — what to do with duplicate strings (identical source text): merge, msgctxt (default: 'msgctxt'). so the default is msgctxt, and merge is the other option — no cap, keep them digits and words exact 🔥

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⭐ reminder bestie: the default for --duplicates is 'msgctxt'. don't forget the quotes situation, just pass the value 💖

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

and that's the page! brought to you by Translate Toolkit 3.12.1 — she's serving documentation realness, dated with all the relevant manpage energy at the bottom, and she ate. go forth and convert, bestie 💜🦋✨