ngettext(3)

NAME

       ngettext - translate message and choose plural form

SYNOPSIS

       ngettext [OPTION] [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT

DESCRIPTION

       The ngettext program translates a natural language message
       into the user's language, by looking up the translation in
       a  message  catalog,  and  chooses  the appropriate plural
       form, which depends on the number COUNT and  the  language
       of the message catalog where the translation was found.

       Display  native  language translation of a textual message
       whose grammatical form depends on a number.

       -d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN
              retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN

       -e     enable expansion of some escape sequences

       -E     (ignored for compatibility)

       -h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -V, --version
              display version information and exit

       [TEXTDOMAIN]
              retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN

       MSGID MSGID-PLURAL
              translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (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.    Standard   search   directory:
       /usr/gnu/share/locale

AUTHOR

       Written by Ulrich Drepper.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  (C)  1995-1997, 2000-2006 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 ngettext  is  maintained  as  a
       Texinfo  manual.   If  the  info and ngettext programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info ngettext

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-runtime 0.16.1November 2006               NGETTEXT(1)