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GETTEXT(1)			 User Commands			    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

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

       -e     enable expansion of some escape sequences

       -n     suppress trailing	newline

       -E     (ignored for compatibility)

       [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID
	      retrieve translated message corresponding	to MSGID from  TEXTDO-
	      MAIN

   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  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 se-
       lected catalog are translated.	Standard  search  directory:  /usr/lo-
       cal/share/locale

AUTHOR
       Written by Ulrich Drepper.

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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1995-2024 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 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.

GNU gettext-runtime 0.23.1	 December 2024			    GETTEXT(1)

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