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GETTEXT(1)                                               GNU                                               GETTEXT(1)



NAME
       gettext - translate message

SYNOPSIS
       gettext [OPTION] [[TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID]
       gettext [OPTION] -s [MSGID]...

DESCRIPTION
       The gettext program translates a natural language message into the user's language, by looking up the transla‐
       tion in a message catalog.

       Display native language translation of a textual message.

       -d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN
              retrieve translated messages from TEXTDOMAIN

       -e     enable expansion of some escape sequences

       -E     (ignored for compatibility)

       -h, --help
              display this help 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 envi‐
       ronment 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 <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1995-1997, 2000-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version  3  or  later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐
       mitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       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.