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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 translation 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 TEXTDO-
MAIN
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 .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1995-1997, 2000-2004 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 PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
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.
GNU gettext-runtime 0.14.1 January 2004 GETTEXT(1)
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