---
name: "findtr"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "qt3-dev-tools-compat"
version: "3:3.3.8b-7+b1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/findtr"
---

# findtr(1)

Extracts information about text to be translated

## NAME

findtr - Extracts information about text to be translated

## SYNTAX

findtr \*.cpp \*.h \>myapp.po

## DESCRIPTION

Extracts information about text to be translated. It recognizes the tr() constructs described above and produces a file in ".po" format, a simple text format that your translation team will copy and edit. For example, the base .po file might be myapp.po and translated versions of the file would then be myapp\_de.po, myapp\_fr.po, and myapp\_ja.po for translations in German, French and Japanese respectively.

  findtr \*.cpp \*.h \>myapp.po\
   copy myapp.po myapp\_de.po\
   edit myapp\_de.po

## AUTHORS

TrollTech \<http://www.trolltech.com/\>