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 15.5.2.4 Invoking the `ngettext' program
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      ngettext [OPTION] [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT
 
    The `ngettext' program displays the native language translation of a
 textual message whose grammatical form depends on a number.
 
 *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 `gettext' program.  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 `gettext' program.
      It has no effect.
 
 `-h'
 `--help'
      Display this help and exit.
 
 `-V'
 `--version'
      Output version information and exit.
 
 `TEXTDOMAIN'
      Retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN.
 
 `MSGID MSGID-PLURAL'
      Translate MSGID (English singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (English 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'.
 
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