---
name: "POFileChecker"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gettext-lint"
version: "0.4-2.1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/POFileChecker"
---

# POFileChecker(1)

searches for common mistakes in PO/POT files

## NAME

POFileChecker - searches for common mistakes in PO/POT files

## SYNOPSIS

**POFileChecker** \[*OPTION*\] \[*...*\] \[*FILE*\] \[*...*\]

## INTRODUCTION

POFileChecker searches for common mistakes in PO/POT files.

## COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

- **--help** or **-h**

  show usage instructions

- **--pot** or **-t**

  check a pot file, not a po file

- **--ignore-fuzzy** or **-i**

  don't check validity of fuzzy entries

## PO FILE HEADER DIRECTIVES

POFileChecker recognizes several PO file header directives. As with all gettext lint tools, these directives are all prefixed with X-POFile.

- X-POFile-Allow: *number*

  number of errors to ignore; if number of detected errors is diffent than this they will all be reported; a file with 0 errors but an error allowance greater than zero will also be reported

- X-POFile-CheckAccelerator: *1\|0*

  enable or disable checking accelerators, enabled by default

- X-POFile-CheckEndPontuation: *1\|0*

  enable or disable checking ending pontuation, enabled by default

- X-POFile-LineLength: *number*

  check that the line length doesn't exceed *number* chars; disable by default

## MORE INFORMATION

gettext-lint web page: http://gettext-lint.sourceforge.net/

## AUTHOR

Pedro Morais. \
 \<morais@kde.org\>