| msginit − initialize a message catalog | 
| msginit [OPTION] | 
| 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 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 | 
| 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 | 
| Written by Bruno Haible. | 
| Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>. | 
| Copyright © 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> | 
| The full documentation for msginit is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msginit programs are properly installed at your site, the command | 
| info msginit | 
| should give you access to the complete manual. |