GETTEXT(1) GNU GETTEXT(1)NAMEgettext - translate message
SYNOPSISgettext [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 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 mes-
sages found in the selected catalog are translated. Stan-
dard search directory: /usr/freeware/share/locale
AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1995-1997, 2000, 2001 Free Software Founda-
tion, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for gettext is maintained as a Tex-
info manual. If the info and gettext programs are prop-
erly installed at your site, the command
info gettext
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext 0.11 September 2001 GETTEXT(1)
