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GETTEXT(1)              NetBSD General Commands Manual              GETTEXT(1)


NAME

     gettext -- message translation front-end


SYNOPSIS

     gettext [-h]
     gettext [-en] [textdomain] msgid
     gettext -s [-n] [msgid ...]


DESCRIPTION

     gettext attempts to translate a given msgid into the locale-specific
     string as determined by the environment.  If a translation file is not
     found, or a translation for the given msgid is not found, the original
     string will be echoed.

     If the textdomain is not provided as an argument, the TEXTDOMAIN environ-
     ment variable will be consulted instead.

     By default gettext will look for message catalogs in /usr/share/locale.
     If the environment variable TEXTDOMAINDIR is defined, then that will
     override the default location.

     The following flags are available:

     -e      Interpret backslash escape sequences prior to translation.

     -h      Print the usage information

     -n      If -s is used, do not add the trailing newline.  If -s is not
             provided, this flag will do nothing.

     -s      Act similarly to echo(1).  All msgid arguments will be trans-
             lated, and a newline will be appended to the output string.


ENVIRONMENT

     TEXTDOMAIN
             The domain to use when looking up msgids.

     TEXTDOMAINDIR
             The location of message catalogs to use, overriding
             /usr/share/locale.


EXIT STATUS

     The gettext utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.


EXAMPLES

           $ LANG=es gettext grep 'writing output'
           escribiendo el resultado


SEE ALSO

     echo(1), gettext(3), environ(7)

NetBSD 10.99                     June 3, 2015                     NetBSD 10.99