GETTEXT(1)

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 messages found in the selected catalog are translated. Standard search directory: @localedir@

AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.

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

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1995-1997, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. 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 Texinfo manual. If the info and gettext programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info gettext

should give you access to the complete manual.