gettext(3)

NAME

       gettext - translate message

SYNOPSIS

       gettext [OPTION] [[TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID]
       gettext [OPTION] -s [MSGID]...

DESCRIPTION

       The  gettext program translates a natural language message
       into the user's language, by looking up the translation in
       a message catalog.

       Display  native language translation of a textual message.

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

       -e     enable expansion of some escape sequences

       -E     (ignored for compatibility)

       -h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -n     suppress trailing newline

       -V, --version
              display 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 mes-
       sages found in the selected catalog are translated.  Stan-
       dard 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 gettext is maintained as a Tex-
       info  manual.   If the info and gettext programs are prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info gettext

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-runtime 0.16.1November 2006                GETTEXT(1)