---
name: "pocommentclean"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "translate-toolkit"
version: "3.15.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pocommentclean"
---

# pocommentclean(1)

Remove all translator comments from PO files.

## NAME

pocommentclean - Remove all translator comments from PO files.

## SYNOPSIS

**pocommentclean** \[**--backup**\] *po-dir*

where *po-dir* is a directory of existing PO files that you want to clean.

## DESCRIPTION

pocommentclean will remove all translator comments from a directory of PO files.

## OPTIONS

- **--backup**

  Create a backup file for each PO file converted, with the *.po.bak* extension.

## OPERATION

Using sed **pocommentclean** will delete all lines starting with # but which are not standard Gettext PO format lines. So it won't delete developer comments (#.), obsolete messages (#~), flags (#,) or locations (#:).

## BUGS

**pocommentclean** cannot clean individual PO files, it only cleans directories.