ngettext - print out string using translation with singular/plural
ngettext [OPTION] [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT
The ngettext program prints out a translation. It chooses between the
singular and plural forms according to the COUNT parameter.
-d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN
retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN
-e enable expansion of some escape sequences
-E (ignored for compatibility)
-h, --help
display a help message and exit
-V, --version
display version information and exit
[TEXTDOMAIN]
retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN
MSGID MSGID-PLURAL
translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (plural)
COUNT choose singular/plural form based on this value
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.
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.
The full documentation for ngettext is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and ngettext programs are properly installed at your site,
the command info ngettext 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 NGETTEXT(1)
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