srchtxt(1) User Commands srchtxt(1)NAMEsrchtxt - display contents of, or search for a text string in, message
data bases
SYNOPSISsrchtxt [-s] [-l locale] [ -m msgfile ,...] [text]
DESCRIPTION
The srchtxt utility is used to display all the text strings in message
data bases, or to search for a text string in message data bases (see
mkmsgs(1)). These data bases are files in the directory
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES (see setlocale(3C)), unless a file
name given with the -m option contains a /. The directory locale can be
viewed as the name of the language in which the text strings are writ‐
ten. If the -l option is not specified, the files accessed will be
determined by the value of the environment variable LC_MESSAGES. If
LC_MESSAGES is not set, the files accessed will be determined by the
value of the environment variable LANG. If LANG is not set, the files
accessed will be in the directory /usr/lib/locale//C/LC_MESSAGES ,
which contains default strings.
If no text argument is present, then all the text strings in the files
accessed will be displayed.
If the -s option is not specified, the displayed text is prefixed by
message sequence numbers. The message sequence numbers are enclosed in
angle brackets: <msgfile:msgnum>.
msgfile name of the file where the displayed text occurred
msgnum sequence number in msgfile where the displayed text
occurred
This display is in the format used by gettxt(1) and gettxt(3C).
OPTIONS-s Suppress printing of the message sequence numbers of
the messages being displayed.
-l locale Access files in the directory
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES. If -m msgfile is
also supplied, lOCALE is ignored for msgfiles contain‐
ing a /.
-m msgfile Access files specified by one or more msgfiles. If msg‐
file contains a / character, then msgfile is inter‐
preted as a pathname; otherwise, it will be assumed to
be in the directory determined as described above. To
specify more than one msgfile, separate the file names
using commas.
text Search for the text string specified by text and dis‐
play each one that matches. text can take the form of a
regular expression; see regexp(5).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Using srchtxt
If message files have been installed in a locale named french by using
mkmsgs(1), then you could display the entire set of text strings in the
french locale (/usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGES/* ) by typing:
example% srchtxt −l french
Example 2: Using srchtxt
If a set of error messages associated with the operating system have
been installed in the file UX in the french locale
(/usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGE/UX ), then, using the value of the
LANG environment variable to determine the locale to be searched, you
could search that file in that locale for all error messages dealing
with files by typing:
example% setenv LANG=french; export LANG
example% srchtxt-m UX "[Ff]ichier"
If /usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGES/UX contained the following
strings:
Erreur E/S\n
Liste d'arguments trop longue\n
Fichier inexistant\n
Argument invalide\n
Trop de fichiers ouverts\n
Fichier trop long\n
Trop de liens\n
Argument hors du domaine\n
Identificateur supprim\n
Etreinte fatale\n
.
.
.
then the following strings would be displayed:
<UX:3>Fichier inexistant\n
<UX:5>Trop de fichiers ouverts\n
<UX:6>Fichier trop long\n
Example 3: Using srchtxt
If a set of error messages associated with the operating system have
been installed in the file UX and a set of error messages associated
with the INGRESS data base product have been installed in the file
ingress, both in the german locale, then you could search for the pat‐
tern [Dd]atei in both the files UX and ingress in the german locale by
typing:
example% srchtxt-l german -m UX,ingress "[Dd]atei"
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for a description of the LC_CTYPE environment variable
that affects the execution of srchtxt.
FILES
/usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES/*
default files created by mkmsgs(1)
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/*
message files created by mkmsgs(1)ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
│Availability │SUNWloc │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOexstr(1), gettxt(1), locale(1), mkmsgs(1), gettxt(3C), setlocale(3C),
attributes(5), environ(5), locale(5), regexp(5)DIAGNOSTICS
The error messages produced by srchtxt are intended to be self-explana‐
tory. They indicate an error in the command line or errors encountered
while searching for a particular locale and/or message file.
SunOS 5.10 20 Dec 1996 srchtxt(1)
