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<author><personname><firstname>Ben</firstname><surname>Burton</surname></personname><email>bab@debian.org</email></author>
<date>April 7, 2003</date>
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<refentrytitle><command>swappo</command></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refname><command>swappo</command></refname>
<refpurpose>swap msgid and msgstr fields in a PO file</refpurpose>
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<command>swappo</command>

<group><option><replaceable>filename.po</replaceable></option></group>
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<title>Description</title>

<para><command>swappo</command> reads the given PO-file and swaps the
msgid and msgstr fields for every message. The result is a new PO-file
that translates in the opposite direction. For example, if PO-file
translates from English to French, the new PO-file will translate from
French to English.</para>

<para>The new PO-file will be written to standard output. The old PO-file will remain untouched.</para>

<para>This utility is part of the &kde; Software Development Kit</para> 

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<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>

<para>po2xml(1), split2po(1), transxx(1), xml2pot(1)</para>

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<refsect1>
<title>Authors</title>
<para>The PO-XML tools were written by &Stephan.Kulow; &Stephan.Kulow.mail;</para>
<para>This manual page was prepared by <personname><firstname>Ben</firstname><surname>Burton</surname></personname><email>bab@debian.org</email></para>

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