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

# pocount(1)

Produces word counts and other statistics from a PO file.

## NAME

pocount - Produces word counts and other statistics from a PO file.

## SYNOPSIS

**pocount** \[**--csv**\] \[*directory*\|*file(s)*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**pocount** will count the number of strings and words in a PO file.

If no files or directories argument are provided, **pocount** will recurse through all files from the current directory. Otherwise, it will recurse and count all files in the specified directory or in the specified PO files.

## OPTIONS

- **--csv**

  changes the output format to CSV (Comma Separated Values) for import into a spreadsheet.

## OUTPUT

In normal mode the following output is given:

 avmedia/source/viewer.po\
  type           strings words (source) words (translation)\
  translated:       1          3               3\
  fuzzy:            0          0             n/a\
  untranslated:     4         22             n/a\
  Total:            5         25               3\
  review            1          3             n/a

In CSV mode the following output is shown:

 Filename, Translated Messages, Translated Source Words, Translated Target Words, Fuzzy Messages, Fuzzy Source Words, Untranslated Messages, Untranslated Source Words, Review Messages, Review Source Words\
  avmedia/source/viewer.po,  1, 3, 3, 0, 0, 4, 22, 1, 3

Totals are not provided in CSV mode. In normal mode a grand total and file count is provided if the number of files is greater than one.

## BUGS

There are some miscounts related to word breaks.