---
name: "gormtool"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gorm.app"
version: "1.5.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gormtool"
---

# gormtool(1)

access certain Gorm features from the command line

## NAME

gormtool - access certain Gorm features from the command line

## SYNOPSIS

**gormtool** \[*options*\] \[*input\_file*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**gormtool** allows the user to access certain **Gorm** features from the command line.  It is a "hybrid" GNUstep tool/headless GNUstep application and does not require a X server to run.

## OPTIONS

- **--import-strings-file**

  Imports a file in the *.strings* format and replaces the text in the model file with the mappings.  It takes a parameter which is the strings file to be imported.

- **--export-strings-file**

  Exports a *.strings* file from the model file to the file specified by the parameter.

- **--import-xliff**

  Imports an XLIFF1.2 file into the model file to the file specified by the parameter.

- **--export-xliff**

  Exports an XLIFF1.2 file from the model file to the file specified by the parameter.

- **--import-class**

  Parses the header given by the parameter passed in, it will break any existing connections if the class is instantiated.

- **--export-class**

  Exports the named class (passed in as a parameter) to a file by the same name in the current directory.

- **--read**

  Specifies this file is to be the one read... optional.  If not used the last parameter is considered the input file.

- **--write**

  Specifies the output file the model is to be written to.

## BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

This tool is currently experimental and bugs are expected.  Please report them; thanks.

## SEE ALSO

[**GNUstep**(7)](/GNUstep/7.md), [**Gorm**(1)](/Gorm/1.md)

## AUTHORS

**gormtool** was written by Gregory John Casamento.

This manual page was written by Yavor Doganov \<yavor@gnu.org\> for the Debian project but it may be used by others.

## COPYING

© 2024 Debian GNUstep maintainers

This manual page is distributed under the same license as the **gormtool** program.