---
name: "apertium-extract-caps"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "apertium"
version: "3.9.12-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/apertium-extract-caps"
---

# apertium-extract-caps(1)

tool to extract word capitalization to word-bound blanks for Apertium

## NAME

**apertium-extract-caps** – tool to extract word capitalization to word-bound blanks for Apertium

## SYNOPSIS

**apertium-extract-caps** \[**-s**\] \[**-z**\] \[*input* \[*output*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

This is a tool intended to be run in an Apertium pipeline following the part-of-speech tagger. It records the capitalization of the input word and the dictionary entry in the source language in a word-bound blank so that it can be used by [apertium-restore-caps(1)](/apertium-restore-caps/1.md) to determine the appropriate capitalization in the target language.

## OPTIONS

- **-s**

  include the surface form in the output (by default it will be discarded)

- **-z**

  flush buffer on the null character

## FILES

These are the kinds of files that can be used with this command:

- *input*, *output*

  Represent the input and output files. By default they are the standard input and standard output.

## SEE ALSO

[apertium-restore-caps(1)](/apertium-restore-caps/1.md), [apertium-compile-caps(1)](/apertium-compile-caps/1.md), [apertium-validate-crx(1)](/apertium-validate-crx/1.md),

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2022 Apertium This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of *the* *GNU* *General* *Public* *License:* **https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html**.

## BUGS

Many... lurking in the dark and waiting for you!