MSGGREP(1) MSGGREP(1) (NAME) msggrep - (SYNOPSIS) msggrep [] [_] (DESCRIPTION) . . : INPUTFILE PO -D, --directory=DIRECTORY DIRECTORY - . : -o, --output-file=FILE - . : [-N SOURCEFILE]... [-M DOMAINNAME]... [-J MSGCTXT-PATTERN] [-K MSGID-PATTERN] [-T MSGSTR-PATTERN] [-C COMMENT-PATTERN] [-X EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN] [-W WORKFLOW-FLAG] [-S STICKY-FLAG] -J (msgctxt) MSGCTXT-PATTERN -K (msgid msgid_plural) MSGID-PATTERN -T (msgstr) MSGSTR-PATTERN -C COMMENT-PATTERN -X EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN -W WORKFLOW-FLAG -S STICKY-FLAG . . MSGCTXT-PATTERN MSGID-PATTERN MSGSTR-PATTERN COMMENT-PATTERN EXTRACTED-COMMENT-PATTERN: [-E | -F] [-e PATTERN | -f FILE]... (PATTERN) -E -F. -N, --location=SOURCEFILE SOURCEFILE -M, --domain=DOMAINNAME DOMAINNAME -J, --msgctxt msgctxt -K, --msgid msgid -T, --msgstr msgstr -C, --comment -X, --extracted-comment -E, --extended-regexp (PATTERN) -F, --fixed-strings (PATTERN) -e, --regexp=PATTERN PATTERN -f, --file=FILE PATTERN FILE -i, --ignore-case -W, --workflow-flag=FLAG FLAG -S, --sticky-flag=FLAG FLAG -v, --invert-match : -P, --properties-input .properties --stringtable-input .strings NeXTstep/GNUstep : --color --color=WHEN WHEN WHEN 'always' 'never' 'auto' 'html'. --style=STYLEFILE CSS --color --no-escape C () --escape C --force-po PO --indent --no-location '#: filename:line' -n, --add-location '#: filename:line' () --strict Uniforum -p, --properties-output .properties --stringtable-output .strings NeXTstep/GNUstep -w, --width=NUMBER --no-wrap ( ) --sort-output --sort-by-file : -h, --help -V, --version (AUTHOR) Bruno Haible. (REPORTING BUGS) . (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2001-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GPLv3+: GPL : . . (SEE ALSO) msggrep Texinfo . info msggrep info msggrep . GNU gettext-tools 1.0 January 2026 MSGGREP(1)