7.3.3 Message selection

[-N sourcefile]... [-M domainname]... [-K msgid-pattern] [-T msgstr-pattern] [-C comment-pattern]

A message is selected if

• it comes from one of the specified source files,
• or if it comes from one of the specified domains,
• or if `-K' is given and its key (msgid or msgid_plural) matches msgid-pattern,
• or if `-T' is given and its translation (msgstr) matches msgstr-pattern,
• or if `-C' is given and the translator's comment matches comment-pattern.

When more than one selection criterion is specified, the set of selected messages is the union of the selected messages of each criterion.

msgid-pattern or msgstr-pattern syntax:

[-E | -F] [-e pattern | -f file]...

patterns are basic regular expressions by default, or extended regular expressions if -E is given, or fixed strings if -F is given.

`-N sourcefile'

`--location=sourcefile'

Select messages extracted from sourcefile. sourcefile can be either a literal file name or a wildcard pattern.

`-M domainname'

`--domain=domainname'

Select messages belonging to domain domainname.

`-K'

`--msgid'

Start of patterns for the msgid.

`-T'

`--msgstr'

Start of patterns for the msgstr.

`-E'

`--extended-regexp'

Specify that pattern is an extended regular expression.

`-F'

`--fixed-strings'

Specify that pattern is a set of newline-separated strings.

`-e pattern'

`--regexp=pattern'

Use pattern as a regular expression.

`-f file'

`--file=file'

Obtain pattern from file.

`-i'

`--ignore-case'

Ignore case distinctions.