gettext - print out string using translation
gettext [OPTION] [[[TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID] | [-s [MSGID]...]]
-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 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
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
Copyright (C) 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.
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 gettextdoc
package.
GNU gettext 0.10.36 April 2001 GETTEXT(1)
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