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# tbx2po

Convert between TermBase eXchange (.tbx) glossary format and Gettext PO format.

## Usage

    tbx2po <tbx> <po>

Where:

<tbx> | is a TBX file
<po> | is the target PO file

Options (tbx2po):

`--version`

  show program’s version number and exit

`-h, --help`

  show this help message and exit

`--manpage`

  output a manpage based on the help

`--progress=PROGRESS`

  show progress as: dots, none, bar, names, verbose

`--errorlevel=ERRORLEVEL`

  show errorlevel as: none, message, exception, traceback

`-i INPUT, --input=INPUT`

  read from INPUT in csv format

`-x EXCLUDE, --exclude=EXCLUDE`

  exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths

`-o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT`

  write to OUTPUT in tbx format

`-S, --timestamp`

  skip conversion if the output file has newer timestamp

## Examples

These examples demonstrate the use of tbx2po:

    tbx2po terms.tbx terms.po

to simply convert terms.tbx to terms.po.

To convert a directory recursively to another directory with the same structure of files:

    tbx2po tbx-dir po-target-dir

This will convert TBX files in tbx-dir to PO files placed in po-target-dir.

## Notes

For conformance to the standards and to see which features are implemented, see PO Files and TBX.