xliff2po(1)

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version 3.19.5 · 9 versions
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💖 xliff2po(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to xliff2po — the little command that takes your XLIFF localization files and turns them into Gettext PO localization files. it's a glow-up pipeline and you're the main character. 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

xliff2po — Convert XLIFF localization files to Gettext PO localization files.

no cap, that's literally the whole job description. 💅

✨ 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… look at her. so many flags. she's giving versatile. 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

fr fr, the real tea (examples + usage instructions) lives over here:

http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/translate-toolkit/en/latest/commands/xliff2po.html

go read it, bestie, it ate. 💖

✨ OPTIONS ✨

one bullet per flag, no skipping, we respect the whole menu. 🫶

  • --version — show the program's version number, then dip out (exit).
  • -h/--help — show this help message, then dip out (exit). self-explanatory queen. 👑
  • --manpage — output a manpage based on the help. yes, a manpage for the manpage tool. iconic recursion behavior. 🌈
  • --progress — show progress as: dots, none, bar, names, verbose. pick your vibe check. ⭐
  • --errorlevel — show errorlevel as: none, message, exception, traceback. how much drama do you want when things go wrong? 😭
  • -i/--input — read from INPUT in xlf, xliff formats. 📥
  • -x/--exclude — exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths. not me, not today. 🙈
  • -o/--output — write to OUTPUT in po, pot formats. 📤
  • -S/--timestamp — skip conversion if the output file has newer timestamp. lowkey the "if it ain't broke" flag. 🦋
  • -P/--pot — output PO Templates (.pot) rather than PO files (.po). template era. ✨
  • --duplicates — what to do with duplicate strings (identical source text): merge, msgctxt (default: 'msgctxt'). so yes, msgctxt is the default, periodt. 💅

🌸 SEE ALSO / RESOURCES 🌸

okay so the manpage itself only points you at one thing, and it's this:

heads up bestie: -S/--timestamp literally means a file gets skipped when the output is newer — so if you're confused why nothing changed, that's your culprit. and remember the --duplicates default is 'msgctxt' unless you say otherwise. 🎀

and that's the whole page, bestie — brought to you by Translate Toolkit 3.19.5 (that's the version in the footer, mwah 💋). go convert something gorgeous. 🧚💜

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