---
name: "pybabel"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-babel"
version: "2.6.0+dfsg.1-1+deb10u1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pybabel"
---

# pybabel(1)

command line tool for working with message catalogs

## NAME

pybabel - command line tool for working with message catalogs

## SYNOPSIS

**pybabel** *command* \[*options*\] \[*args*\]

## OPTIONS

- **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **--list-locales**

  print all known locales and exit

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  print as much as possible

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  print as little as possible

### commands:

- compile

  compile message catalogs to MO files

- extract

  extract messages from source files and generate a POT file

- init

  create new message catalogs from a POT file

- update

  update existing message catalogs from a POT file

To learn more about the commands run e.g. *pybabel compile --help*.

## AUTHORS

The original program was written by Edgewall Software. This manual page was provided by Christoph Haas \<haas@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system but may freely be used by anyone.