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ICUPKG(8)                                  ICU 74.2 Manual                                 ICUPKG(8)

NAME
       icupkg - extract or modify an ICU .dat archive

SYNOPSIS
       icupkg [ -h, -?, --help ] [ -tl, --type l | -tb, --type b | -te, --type e ] [ -c, --copyright
       |  -C,  --comment comment ] [ -a, --add list ] [ -r, --remove list ] [ -x, --extract list ] [
       -l, --list ] [ -s, --sourcedir source ] [ -d, --destdir destination ] [ -w,  --writepkg  ]  [
       -m, --matchmode mode ] infilename [ outfilename ]

DESCRIPTION
       icupkg  reads the input ICU .dat package file, modify it according to the options, swap it to
       the desired platform properties (charset & endianness), and optionally  write  the  resulting
       ICU  .dat  package  to  the  output  file.  Items are removed, then added, then extracted and
       listed.  An ICU .dat package is written if items are removed or added, or if  the  input  and
       output filenames differ, or if the -w, --writepkg option is set.

       If  the  input filename is "new" then an empty package is created.  If the output filename is
       missing, then it is automatically generated from the input filename. If  the  input  filename
       ends  with an l, b, or e matching its platform properties, then the output filename will con‐
       tain the letter from the -t, --type option.

       This tool can also be used to just swap a single ICU data file, replacing the former  icuswap
       tool.  For this mode, provide the infilename (and optional outfilename) for a non-package ICU
       data file.  Allowed options include -t, -w, -s and -d The filenames can be absolute, or rela‐
       tive to the source/dest dir paths.  Other options are not allowed in this mode.

OPTIONS
       -h, -?, --help
              Print help about usage and exit.

       -tl, --type l
              Output for little-endian/ASCII charset family.  The output type defaults to the  input
              type.

       -tb, --type b
              Output  for  big-endian/ASCII  charset  family.  The output type defaults to the input
              type.

       -te, --type e
              Output for big-endian/EBCDIC charset family.  The output type defaults  to  the  input
              type.

       -c,--copyright
              Include the ICU copyright notice in the resulting data.

       -C, --comment comment
              Include  the  specified comment in the resulting data instead of the ICU copyright no‐
              tice.

       -a, --add list
              Add items from the list to the package. The list can be a single filename with a  .txt
              file extension containing a list of item filenames, or an ICU .dat package filename.

       -r, --remove list
              Remove  items from the list from the package. The list can be a single filename with a
              .txt file extension containing a list of item filenames, or an ICU .dat package  file‐
              name.

       -x, --extract list
              Extract items from the list from the package. The list can be a single filename with a
              .txt  file extension containing a list of item filenames, or an ICU .dat package file‐
              name.

       -m, --matchmode mode
              Set the matching mode for item names with wildcards.

       -s, --sourcedir source
              Set the source directory to source.  The default source directory is the  current  di‐
              rectory.

       -d, --destdir destination
              Set  the  destination  directory to destination.  The default destination directory is
              the current directory.

       -l, --list
              List the package items to stdout (after modifying the package).

LIST FILE SYNTAX
       Items are listed on one or more lines and separated by whitespace (space+tab).  Comments  be‐
       gin  with  #  and  are ignored. Empty lines are ignored. Lines where the first non-whitespace
       character is one of "%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?_ are also ignored to reserve for future syntax.

       Items for removal or extraction may contain a single * wildcard character. The * matches zero
       or more characters. If -m, --matchmode noslash is set, then the * character  does  not  match
       the / character.

       Items  must be listed relative to the package, and the --sourcedir or the --destdir path will
       be prepended. The paths are only prepended to  item  filenames  while  adding  or  extracting
       items, not to ICU .dat package or list filenames.

       Paths  may  contain / instead of the platform's file separator character and are converted as
       appropriate.

AUTHORS
       Markus Scherer
       George Rhoten

VERSION
       1.0

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2006 IBM, Inc. and others.

SEE ALSO
       pkgdata(1) genrb(1)


ICU MANPAGE                                18 August 2006                                  ICUPKG(8)