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2 .TH GETTEXT "1" "June 2010" "GNU gettext-runtime 0.18.1" GNU
4 gettext \- translate message
7 [\fIOPTION\fR] [[\fITEXTDOMAIN\fR] \fIMSGID\fR]
10 [\fIOPTION\fR] \fI-s \fR[\fIMSGID\fR]...
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13 The \fBgettext\fP program translates a natural language message into the
14 user's language, by looking up the translation in a message catalog.
16 Display native language translation of a textual message.
18 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-domain\fR=\fITEXTDOMAIN\fR
19 retrieve translated messages from TEXTDOMAIN
22 enable expansion of some escape sequences
25 (ignored for compatibility)
27 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
28 display this help and exit
31 suppress trailing newline
33 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
34 display version information and exit
37 retrieve translated message corresponding
38 to MSGID from TEXTDOMAIN
40 If the TEXTDOMAIN parameter is not given, the domain is determined from the
41 environment variable TEXTDOMAIN. If the message catalog is not found in the
42 regular directory, another location can be specified with the environment
43 variable TEXTDOMAINDIR.
44 When used with the \fB\-s\fR option the program behaves like the `echo' command.
45 But it does not simply copy its arguments to stdout. Instead those messages
46 found in the selected catalog are translated.
47 Standard search directory: @localedir@
49 Written by Ulrich Drepper.
51 Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
53 Copyright \(co 1995-1997, 2000-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
54 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
56 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
57 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
59 The full documentation for
61 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
65 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
69 should give you access to the complete manual.