(gettext) gettext Invocation

 
 15.5.2.3 Invoking the `gettext' program
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      gettext [OPTION] [[TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID]
      gettext [OPTION] -s [MSGID]...
 
    The `gettext' program displays the native language translation of a
 textual message.
 
 *Arguments*
 
 `-d TEXTDOMAIN'
 `--domain=TEXTDOMAIN'
      Retrieve translated messages from TEXTDOMAIN.  Usually a TEXTDOMAIN
      corresponds to a package, a program, or a module of a program.
 
 `-e'
      Enable expansion of some escape sequences.  This option is for
      compatibility with the `echo' program or shell built-in.  The
      escape sequences `\a', `\b', `\c', `\f', `\n', `\r', `\t', `\v',
      `\\', and `\' followed by one to three octal digits, are
      interpreted like the System V `echo' program did.
 
 `-E'
      This option is only for compatibility with the `echo' program or
      shell built-in.  It has no effect.
 
 `-h'
 `--help'
      Display this help and exit.
 
 `-n'
      Suppress trailing newline.  By default, `gettext' adds a newline to
      the output.
 
 `-V'
 `--version'
      Output 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 messages found in the selected catalog are translated.
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