1GETTEXT(1)                            GNU                           GETTEXT(1)
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NAME

6       gettext - translate message
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SYNOPSIS

9       gettext [OPTION] [[TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID]
10       gettext [OPTION] -s [MSGID]...
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DESCRIPTION

13       The  gettext  program  translates  a  natural language message into the
14       user's language, by looking up the translation in a message catalog.
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16       Display native language translation of a textual message.
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18       -d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN
19              retrieve translated messages from TEXTDOMAIN
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21       -e     enable expansion of some escape sequences
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23       -E     (ignored for compatibility)
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25       -h, --help
26              display this help and exit
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28       -n     suppress trailing newline
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30       -V, --version
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33       [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID
34              retrieve translated message corresponding to MSGID from  TEXTDO‐
35              MAIN
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37       If the TEXTDOMAIN parameter is not given, the domain is determined from
38       the environment variable TEXTDOMAIN.  If the  message  catalog  is  not
39       found  in the regular directory, another location can be specified with
40       the environment variable TEXTDOMAINDIR.  When used with the  -s  option
41       the  program  behaves  like the `echo' command.  But it does not simply
42       copy its arguments to stdout.  Instead  those  messages  found  in  the
43       selected   catalog   are   translated.    Standard   search  directory:
44       /usr/share/locale
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AUTHOR

47       Written by Ulrich Drepper.
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REPORTING BUGS

50       Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
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53       Copyright  ©  1995-1997,  2000-2007  Free  Software  Foundation,   Inc.
54       License      GPLv3+:     GNU     GPL     version     3     or     later
55       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
56       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
57       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

60       The  full  documentation for gettext is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
61       If the info and gettext programs are properly installed at  your  site,
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66       should give you access to the complete manual.
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70GNU gettext-runtime 0.17         November 2007                      GETTEXT(1)
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