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

# POFileConsistency(1)

checks consistency in a collection of PO files

## NAME

POFileConsistency - checks consistency in a collection of PO files

## SYNOPSIS

**POFileConsistency** \[*OPTION*\] \[*...*\] \[*FILE*\] \[*...*\]

## INTRODUCTION

POFileConsistency checks consistency in a collection of PO files.

## COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

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

  show usage instructions

- **--interactive** or **-i**

  interactive mode, iterate though the inconsistencies using a text mode interface; see the Interactive Mode section

- **--equivalent=***file* or **-e** *file*

  load a file with a list of equivalent msgstr for a given msgid; can be used multiple times

- **--only-empty** or **-o**

  only report inconsistencies with at least one of the translations empty

- **--match=***string* or **-m** *string*

  only report inconsistencies if at least one of the files involved contain the given string

- **--strip-chars=***chars* or **-r** *chars*

  remove each of the chars from both msgid and msgstr before checking inconsistencies

## INTERACTIVE MODE

In interactive mode you iterate through each of the inconsistencies found. In each prompt you can press Enter to ignore this inconsistency, a number of a possible translation (1, 2, ...) to change all the translations to that text, 0 to input a text to use in all the translations, l to add the exception to each of the PO files, or, if you are using at least one equivalents file, a to add the exception to the first of those files.

## PO FILE HEADER DIRECTIVES

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

- X-POFile-IgnoreConsistency: *msgid*

  remove the given msgid from the list of messages to check

- X-POFile-ConsistencyAlias: *string1* *string2*

  replace all ocorrences of *string1* with *string2* before checking consistency

## CONSISTENCY EQUIVALENTS FILE FORMAT

This files consists of a series of empty line separated blocks. For example:

```
msgid 1
possible translation 1
possible translation 2
possible translation n
msgid 2
possible translation 1
possible translation 2
possible translation n
```

## MORE INFORMATION

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

## AUTHOR

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