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GETTEXT
Section: FSF (1)Updated: April 2001
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NAME
gettext - print out string using translationSYNOPSIS
gettext [OPTION] [[[TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID] | [-s [MSGID]...]]DESCRIPTION
- -d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN
- retrieve translated messages from TEXTDOMAIN
- -e
- enable expansion of some escape sequences
- -E
- (ignored for compatibility)
- -h, --help
- display a help message and exit
- -n
- suppress trailing newline
- -V, --version
- display version information and exit
- [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID
- retrieve translated message corresponding to MSGID from TEXTDOMAIN
If the TEXTDOMAIN parameter is not given, the domain is determined from the environment variable TEXTDOMAIN. If the message catalog is not found in the regular directory, another location can be specified with the environment variable TEXTDOMAINDIR.
When used with the -s option the program behaves like the echo command. But it does not simply copy its arguments to stdout. Instead those messages found in the selected catalog are translated.
Standard search directory: /usr/share/locale
AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1995-1997, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
msgfmt(1), xgettext(1)The full documentation for gettext is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and gettext programs are properly installed at your site, the command info gettext should give you access to the complete manual.
On Debian, the manual is also available in HTML format in the gettext-doc package.
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