pocommentclean(1)

pocommentclean1

Remove all translator comments from po files.

Usage

pocommentclean [--backup] po-dir

Overview

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 (#:).

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0–13

Bugs

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

From translate-toolkit 3.15.1-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.