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NAME

6       gettext - retrieve text string from message database
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SYNOPSIS

9       gettext [-d textdomain | -−domain=textdomain]
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14            [-d textdomain | -−domain=textdomain] msgid...
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DESCRIPTION

18       The gettext utility retrieves a translated text string corresponding to
19       string msgid from a message object generated with msgfmt(1).  The  mes‐
20       sage  object  name  is derived from the optional argument textdomain if
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22       specified, or if a corresponding string cannot be found, gettext prints
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26       Ordinarily,   gettext    looks    for    its    message    object    in
27       /usr/lib/locale/lang/LC_MESSAGES  where  lang  is  the  locale name. If
28       present, the TEXTDOMAINDIR environment variable replaces  the  pathname
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32       This  command  interprets C escape sequences such as \t for tab. Use \\
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38       When used with the -s option, gettext behaves like echo(1). But it does
39       not  simply  copy its arguments to standard output. Instead, those mes‐
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OPTIONS

43       The following options are supported:
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45       -d textdomain             Retrieves translated messages from the domain
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OPERANDS

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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

77       LANG             Specifies locale name.
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ATTRIBUTES

93       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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98       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
99       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
100       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
101       │Availability                 │SUNWcsu                      │
102       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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NOTES

109       This is the shell equivalent of the library routine gettext(3C).
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113SunOS 5.11                        17 Sep 2001                       gettext(1)