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

# pofilter(1)

Perform quality checks on Gettext PO, XLIFF and TMX localization files.

## NAME

pofilter - Perform quality checks on Gettext PO, XLIFF and TMX localization files.

## SYNOPSIS

**pofilter** \[**--version**\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[**--manpage**\] \[**--progress** *PROGRESS*\] \[**--errorlevel** *ERRORLEVEL*\] \[**-i**\|**--input**\] *INPUT* \[**-x**\|**--exclude** *EXCLUDE*\] \[**-o**\|**--output**\] *OUTPUT* \[**-l**\|**--listfilters**\] \[**--review**\] \[**--noreview**\] \[**--fuzzy**\] \[**--nofuzzy**\] \[**--nonotes**\] \[**--autocorrect**\] \[**--language** *LANG*\] \[**--openoffice**\] \[**--libreoffice**\] \[**--mozilla**\] \[**--drupal**\] \[**--gnome**\] \[**--kde**\] \[**--wx**\] \[**--excludefilter** *FILTER*\] \[**-t**\|**--test** *FILTER*\] \[**--notranslatefile** *FILE*\] \[**--musttranslatefile** *FILE*\] \[**--validcharsfile** *FILE*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Snippet files are created whenever a test fails.  These can be examined, corrected and merged back into the originals using pomerge.

See: http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/translate-toolkit/en/latest/commands/pofilter.html for examples and usage instructions and http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/translate-toolkit/en/latest/commands/pofilter\_tests.html for full descriptions of all tests.

## OPTIONS

- \--version

  show program's version number and exit

- \-h/--help

  show this help message and exit

- \--manpage

  output a manpage based on the help

- \--progress

  show progress as: dots, none, bar, names, verbose

- \--errorlevel

  show errorlevel as: none, message, exception, traceback

- \-i/--input

  read from INPUT in po, pot, tmx, xlf, xliff formats

- \-x/--exclude

  exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths

- \-o/--output

  write to OUTPUT in po, pot, tmx, xlf, xliff formats

- \-l/--listfilters

  list filters available

- \--review

  include units marked for review (default)

- \--noreview

  exclude units marked for review

- \--fuzzy

  include units marked fuzzy (default)

- \--nofuzzy

  exclude units marked fuzzy

- \--nonotes

  don't add notes about the errors

- \--autocorrect

  output automatic corrections where possible rather than describing issues

- \--language

  set target language code (e.g. af-ZA) \[required for spell check and recommended in general\]

- \--openoffice

  use the standard checks for OpenOffice translations

- \--libreoffice

  use the standard checks for LibreOffice translations

- \--mozilla

  use the standard checks for Mozilla translations

- \--drupal

  use the standard checks for Drupal translations

- \--gnome

  use the standard checks for Gnome translations

- \--kde

  use the standard checks for KDE translations

- \--wx

  use the standard checks for wxWidgets translations

- \--excludefilter

  don't use FILTER when filtering

- \-t/--test

  only use test FILTERs specified with this option when filtering

- \--notranslatefile

  read list of untranslatable words from FILE (must not be translated)

- \--musttranslatefile

  read list of translatable words from FILE (must be translated)

- \--validcharsfile

  read list of all valid characters from FILE (must be in UTF-8)