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ngettext - Unix, Linux Command
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
users language, by looking up the translation in a message catalog, and
chooses the appropriate plural form, which depends on the number COUNT
and the language of the message catalog where the translation was found.
Display native language translation of a textual message whose grammatical
form depends on a number.
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-d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN
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retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN
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-e
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enable expansion of some escape sequences
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-E
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(ignored for compatibility)
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-h, --help
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display this help and exit
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-V, --version
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display version information and exit
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[TEXTDOMAIN]
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retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN
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MSGID MSGID-PLURAL
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translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (plural)
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COUNT
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choose singular/plural form based on this value
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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.
Standard search directory: /usr/share/locale
AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1995-1997, 2000-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
ngettext is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info and
ngettext programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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info ngettext |
should give you access to the complete manual.
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