msgfmt Command Examples

Compile message catalog to binary format. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/msgfmt-Invocation.html.

• Compile a file to messages.mo:

msgfmt {{file.po}}

• Convert a .po file to a .mo file:

msgfmt {{path/to/file.po}} {{[-o|--output-file]}} {{path/to/file.mo}}

• Display help:

msgfmt {{[-h|--help]}}