.. _pocommentclean: pocommentclean ************** pocommentclean will remove all translator comments from a directory of PO files. .. _pocommentclean#prerequisites: Prerequisites ============= * :man:`sed` .. _pocommentclean#usage: Usage ===== :: pocommentclean [--backup] Where: +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | po | is a directory of existing PO files that you want to clean | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------------+ Options: --backup Create a backup file for each PO file converted, .po.bak .. _pocommentclean#operation: Operation ========= Using sed pocommentclean will delete all lines starting with # but which are not standard Gettext PO format lines. So it won't delete developer comments (#.), obsolete messages (#~), flags (#,) or locations (#:). .. _pocommentclean#bugs: Bugs ==== pocommentclean cannot clean individual PO files, it only cleans directories