1srchtxt(1) User Commands srchtxt(1)
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6 srchtxt - display contents of, or search for a text string in, message
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10 srchtxt [-s] [-l locale] [-m msgfile ,...] [text]
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14 The srchtxt utility is used to display all the text strings in message
15 data bases, or to search for a text string in message data bases (see
16 mkmsgs(1)). These data bases are files in the directory
17 /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES (see setlocale(3C)), unless a file
18 name given with the -m option contains a /. The directory locale can be
19 viewed as the name of the language in which the text strings are writ‐
20 ten. If the -l option is not specified, the files accessed will be
21 determined by the value of the environment variable LC_MESSAGES. If
22 LC_MESSAGES is not set, the files accessed will be determined by the
23 value of the environment variable LANG. If LANG is not set, the files
24 accessed will be in the directory /usr/lib/locale//C/LC_MESSAGES ,
25 which contains default strings.
26 If no text argument is present, then all the text strings in the files
29 accessed will be displayed.
30 If the -s option is not specified, the displayed text is prefixed by
33 message sequence numbers. The message sequence numbers are enclosed in
34 angle brackets: <msgfile:msgnum>.
35 msgfile name of the file where the displayed text occurred
37 msgnum sequence number in msgfile where the displayed text
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41 This display is in the format used by gettxt(1) and gettxt(3C).
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47 -s Suppress printing of the message sequence numbers of the
48 messages being displayed.
49 -l locale Access files in the directory
52 /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES. If -m msgfile is also
53 supplied, lOCALE is ignored for msgfiles containing a /.
54 -m msgfile Access files specified by one or more msgfiles. If msg‐
57 file contains a / character, then msgfile is interpreted
58 as a pathname; otherwise, it will be assumed to be in the
59 directory determined as described above. To specify more
60 than one msgfile, separate the file names using commas.
61 text Search for the text string specified by text and display
64 each one that matches. text can take the form of a regu‐
65 lar expression; see regexp(5).
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69 Example 1 Using srchtxt
70 If message files have been installed in a locale named french by using
73 mkmsgs(1), then you could display the entire set of text strings in the
74 french locale (/usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGES/* ) by typing:
75 example% srchtxt −l french
78 Example 2 Using srchtxt
82 If a set of error messages associated with the operating system have
85 been installed in the file UX in the french locale
86 (/usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGE/UX ), then, using the value of the
87 LANG environment variable to determine the locale to be searched, you
88 could search that file in that locale for all error messages dealing
89 with files by typing:
90 example% setenv LANG=french; export LANG
93 example% srchtxt -m UX "[Ff]ichier"
94 If /usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGES/UX contained the following
99 strings:
100 Erreur E/S\n
103 Liste d'arguments trop longue\n
104 Fichier inexistant\n
105 Argument invalide\n
106 Trop de fichiers ouverts\n
107 Fichier trop long\n
108 Trop de liens\n
109 Argument hors du domaine\n
110 Identificateur supprim\n
111 Etreinte fatale\n
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115 then the following strings would be displayed:
119 <UX:3>Fichier inexistant\n
122 <UX:5>Trop de fichiers ouverts\n
123 <UX:6>Fichier trop long\n
124 Example 3 Using srchtxt
128 If a set of error messages associated with the operating system have
131 been installed in the file UX and a set of error messages associated
132 with the INGRESS data base product have been installed in the file
133 ingress, both in the german locale, then you could search for the pat‐
134 tern [Dd]atei in both the files UX and ingress in the german locale by
135 typing:
136 example% srchtxt -l german -m UX,ingress "[Dd]atei"
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143 See environ(5) for a description of the LC_CTYPE environment variable
144 that affects the execution of srchtxt.
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147 /usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES/*
148 default files created by mkmsgs(1)
150 /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/*
153 message files created by mkmsgs(1)
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158 See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
159 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
164 │ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
165 │Availability SUNWloc │
166 └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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169 exstr(1), gettxt(1), locale(1), mkmsgs(1), gettxt(3C), setlocale(3C),
170 attributes(5), environ(5), locale(5), regexp(5)
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173 The error messages produced by srchtxt are intended to be self-explana‐
174 tory. They indicate an error in the command line or errors encountered
175 while searching for a particular locale and/or message file.
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