---
name: "po4a-display-pod"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "po4a"
version: "0.74-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/po4a-display-pod"
---

# po4a-display-pod(1)

display of a translated POD file according to a PO

## NAME

po4a-display-pod - display of a translated POD file according to a PO

## SYNOPSIS

**po4a-display-pod** **-p**  *PO\_FILE* **-m**  *POD\_FILE* \[**-o**  *PO4A\_OPT*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

Translators can use **po4a-display-pod** to see how their translation of a man page will be rendered to the end users, without recompiling and reinstalling the whole project. Most of the time, the POD file is only available in source package or embedded in Perl script.

## OPTIONS

- **-p** *PO\_FILE*

  The PO file containing the translations.

- **-m** *POD\_FILE*

  The original POD file used by po4a to generate PO file.

- **-o** *PO4A\_OPT*

  Some options to pass to [**po4a-translate**(1)](/po4a-translate/1.md).

## SEE ALSO

[**po4a-display-man**(1)](/po4a-display-man/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Florentin Duneau