+#. type: =head1
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:492
+msgid "MACHINE READABLE OUTPUT"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:494
+msgid ""
+"The I<--machine-readable> option can be used to make the output more machine "
+"friendly, which is useful when calling virt-resize from other programs, GUIs "
+"etc."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:498
+msgid "There are two ways to use this option."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:500
+msgid ""
+"Firstly use the option on its own to query the capabilities of the virt-"
+"resize binary. Typical output looks like this:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:503
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" $ virt-resize --machine-readable\n"
+" virt-resize\n"
+" ntfsresize-force\n"
+" 32bitok\n"
+" ntfs\n"
+" btrfs\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:510
+msgid ""
+"A list of features is printed, one per line, and the program exits with "
+"status 0."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:513
+msgid ""
+"Secondly use the option in conjunction with other options to make the "
+"regular program output more machine friendly."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:516
+msgid "At the moment this means:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:522
+msgid ""
+"Progress bar messages can be parsed from stdout by looking for this regular "
+"expression:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:525
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" ^[0-9]+/[0-9]+$\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:529
+msgid ""
+"The calling program should treat messages sent to stdout (except for "
+"progress bar messages) as status messages. They can be logged and/or "
+"displayed to the user."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:535
+msgid ""
+"The calling program should treat messages sent to stderr as error messages. "
+"In addition, virt-resize exits with a non-zero status code if there was a "
+"fatal error."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../resize/virt-resize.pod:541
+msgid ""
+"Versions of the program prior to 1.13.9 did not support the I<--machine-"
+"readable> option and will return an error."
+msgstr ""
+