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1 .. -*- mode: rst; encoding: utf-8 -*-
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3 ======================
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4 Command-Line Interface
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5 ======================
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7 Babel includes a command-line interface for working with message catalogs,
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8 similar to the various GNU ``gettext`` tools commonly available on Linux/Unix
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9 systems.
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12 .. contents:: Contents
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13 :depth: 2
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14 .. sectnum::
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17 When properly installed, Babel provides a script called ``pybabel``::
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19 $ pybabel --help
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20 usage: pybabel command [options] [args]
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22 options:
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23 --version show program's version number and exit
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24 -h, --help show this help message and exit
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25 --list-locales print all known locales and exit
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26 -v, --verbose print as much as possible
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27 -q, --quiet print as little as possible
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29 commands:
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30 compile compile message catalogs to MO files
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31 extract extract messages from source files and generate a POT file
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32 init create new message catalogs from a POT file
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33 update update existing message catalogs from a POT file
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35 The ``pybabel`` script provides a number of sub-commands that do the actual
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36 work. Those sub-commands are described below.
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39 compile
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42 The ``compile`` sub-command can be used to compile translation catalogs into
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43 binary MO files::
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45 $ pybabel compile --help
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46 usage: pybabel compile [options]
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48 compile message catalogs to MO files
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50 options:
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51 -h, --help show this help message and exit
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52 -D DOMAIN, --domain=DOMAIN
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53 domain of MO and PO files (default 'messages')
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54 -d DIR, --directory=DIR
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55 base directory of catalog files
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56 -l LOCALE, --locale=LOCALE
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57 locale of the catalog
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58 -i FILE, --input-file=FILE
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59 name of the input file
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60 -o FILE, --output-file=FILE
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61 name of the output file (default
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62 '<output_dir>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.mo')
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63 -f, --use-fuzzy also include fuzzy translations (default False)
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64 --statistics print statistics about translations
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66 If ``directory`` is specified, but ``output-file`` is not, the default filename
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67 of the output file will be::
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69 <directory>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.mo
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71 If neither the ``input_file`` nor the ``locale`` option is set, this command
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72 looks for all catalog files in the base directory that match the given domain,
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73 and compiles each of them to MO files in the same directory.
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79 The ``extract`` sub-command can be used to extract localizable messages from
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80 a collection of source files::
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82 $ pybabel extract --help
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83 usage: pybabel extract [options] dir1 <dir2> ...
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85 extract messages from source files and generate a POT file
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87 options:
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88 -h, --help show this help message and exit
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89 --charset=CHARSET charset to use in the output (default "utf-8")
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90 -k KEYWORDS, --keyword=KEYWORDS
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91 keywords to look for in addition to the defaults. You
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92 can specify multiple -k flags on the command line.
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93 --no-default-keywords
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94 do not include the default keywords
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95 -F MAPPING_FILE, --mapping=MAPPING_FILE
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96 path to the extraction mapping file
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97 --no-location do not include location comments with filename and
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98 line number
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99 --omit-header do not include msgid "" entry in header
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100 -o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT
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101 path to the output POT file
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102 -w WIDTH, --width=WIDTH
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103 set output line width (default 76)
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104 --no-wrap do not break long message lines, longer than the
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105 output line width, into several lines
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106 --sort-output generate sorted output (default False)
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107 --sort-by-file sort output by file location (default False)
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108 --msgid-bugs-address=EMAIL@ADDRESS
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109 set report address for msgid
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110 --copyright-holder=COPYRIGHT_HOLDER
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111 set copyright holder in output
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112 -c TAG, --add-comments=TAG
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113 place comment block with TAG (or those preceding
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114 keyword lines) in output file. One TAG per argument
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115 call
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118 init
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119 ====
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121 The `init` sub-command creates a new translations catalog based on a PO
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122 template file::
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124 $ pybabel init --help
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125 usage: pybabel init [options]
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127 create new message catalogs from a POT file
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129 options:
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130 -h, --help show this help message and exit
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131 -D DOMAIN, --domain=DOMAIN
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132 domain of PO file (default 'messages')
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133 -i FILE, --input-file=FILE
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134 name of the input file
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135 -d DIR, --output-dir=DIR
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136 path to output directory
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137 -o FILE, --output-file=FILE
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138 name of the output file (default
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139 '<output_dir>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.po')
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140 -l LOCALE, --locale=LOCALE
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141 locale for the new localized catalog
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144 update
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145 ======
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146
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147 The `update` sub-command updates an existing new translations catalog based on
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148 a PO template file::
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149
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150 $ pybabel update --help
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151 usage: pybabel update [options]
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152
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153 update existing message catalogs from a POT file
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155 options:
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156 -h, --help show this help message and exit
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157 -D DOMAIN, --domain=DOMAIN
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158 domain of PO file (default 'messages')
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159 -i FILE, --input-file=FILE
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160 name of the input file
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161 -d DIR, --output-dir=DIR
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162 path to output directory
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163 -o FILE, --output-file=FILE
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164 name of the output file (default
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165 '<output_dir>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.po')
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166 -l LOCALE, --locale=LOCALE
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167 locale of the translations catalog
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168 --ignore-obsolete do not include obsolete messages in the output
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169 (default False)
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170 -N, --no-fuzzy-matching
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171 do not use fuzzy matching (default False)
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172 --previous keep previous msgids of translated messages (default
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173 False)
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175 If ``output_dir`` is specified, but ``output-file`` is not, the default
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176 filename of the output file will be::
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178 <directory>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.mo
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180 If neither the ``output_file`` nor the ``locale`` option is set, this command
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181 looks for all catalog files in the base directory that match the given domain,
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182 and updates each of them.
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