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

# apertium-gen-deformat(1)

C++ deformatter generator for Apertium

## NAME

**apertium-gen-deformat** – C++ deformatter generator for Apertium

## SYNOPSIS

**apertium-gen-deformat** \[**-a** \| **-A** \| **-m** \| **-M**\] *input\_file* *output\_file*

## DESCRIPTION

**apertium-gen-deformat** is a script which generates a C++ deformatter for a particular format. The deformatter reads in a format specification file in XML and outputs a C++ deformatter using [flex(1)](/flex/1.md).

## OPTIONS

- **-a**

  Runs in apertium standard mode.

- **-A**

  Runs in apertium optimised mode (default)

- **-m**

  Runs in matxin standard mode. matxin is another open-source machine translation system: **https://www.sourceforge.net/projects/matxin**

- **-M**

  Runs in matxin optimised mode

- **-h**, **-****-help**

  Display this help.

## SEE ALSO

[apertium(1)](/apertium/1.md), [apertium-gen-reformat(1)](/apertium-gen-reformat/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005, 2006 Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante. 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!