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NGETTEXT(1)			  User Commands 		     NGETTEXT(1)

NAME
     ngettext - translate message and choose plural form

SYNOPSIS
     ngettext [OPTION] [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT

DESCRIPTION
     The  ngettext program translates a natural language message into the user's
     language, by looking up the translation in a message catalog,  and  chooses
     the appropriate plural form, which depends on the number COUNT and the lan-
     guage of the message catalog where the translation was found.

     Display  native language translation of a textual message whose grammatical
     form depends on a number.

   Options and arguments:
     -d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN
	    retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN

     -c, --context=CONTEXT
	    specify context for MSGID

     -e     enable expansion of some escape sequences

     -E     (ignored for compatibility)

     [TEXTDOMAIN]
	    retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN

     MSGID MSGID-PLURAL
	    translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (plural)

     COUNT  choose singular/plural form based on this value

   Informative output:
     -h, --help
	    display this help and exit

     -V, --version
	    display version information and exit

     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 environ-
     ment  variable  TEXTDOMAINDIR.    Standard   search   directory:	/usr/lo-
     cal/share/locale

AUTHOR
     Written by Ulrich Drepper and Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report  bugs  in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/get-
     text> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 1995-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
     GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
     This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute  it.   There
     is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     The  full documentation for ngettext is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
     the info and ngettext programs are properly installed  at	your  site,  the
     command

	    info ngettext

     should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-runtime 1.0 	  January 2026			     NGETTEXT(1)

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