---
name: "postats1"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "potool"
version: "0.5-2"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/potool"
---

# postats1(1)

program to aid editing gettext po files

Part of [potool(1)](/potool/1.md).

## NAME

potool - program to aid editing gettext po files

## SYNOPSIS

**potool** FILENAME1 \[ *FILENAME2* \] \[-f *f\|nf\|t\|nt*\] \[-n *id\|str\|cmt\|ucmt\|pcmt\|scmt\|dcmt\|tr\|linf*\]... \[-s\] \[-c\] \[-h\]

**poedit** \[-a\] file.po

**postats** file.po

**postats1** file.po

## DESCRIPTION

**potool** works in two (so far) modes. The first mode requires providing one filename, and works as a filter. In the second mode, the program replaces the translations in FILENAME1 with the translations from FILENAME2. (So FILENAME1 is the base po file, while FILENAME2 is our working copy.)

## OPTIONS

- **-f filter**

  Determines which po file entries should be retained. Existing filters are:\
   t  - translated entries\
   nt - untranslated entries\
   f  - fuzzy entries\
   nf - entries that are not fuzzy

- **-n filter**

  Determines which po file entries parts should not be retained.\
   id    - don't write 'id' parts\
   str   - don't write 'str' parts\
   tr    - don't write translations\
   ucmt  - don't write user's comments\
   pcmt  - don't write the comments regarding position in source files\
   scmt  - don't write special comments ('#, fuzzy, c-format, ...')\
   dcmt  - don't write reserved comments (usually starting with a dot)\
   cmt   - don't write any comments\
   linf  - change source line numbers to '1'

- **-s**

  Don't write the entries themselves, only count them.

- **-c**

  Overwrite all msgstrs with their msgids.

- **-h**

  Display short usage help.

## EXAMPLES

**poedit** is a simple wrapper script for potool which helps editing po files. Use its -a flag to edit all messages, not only the untranslated ones.

**postats** and **postats1** display statistics about how much is already translated.

## SEE ALSO

[**msgmerge**(1)](/msgmerge/1.md), [**msgfmt**(1)](/msgfmt/1.md).\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Marcin Owsiany \<porridge@gnome.pl\>, using the description in Polish provided by Zbigniew Chyla.