NGETTEXT(1) GNU NGETTEXT(1)NAMEngettext - translate message and choose plural form
SYNOPSISngettext [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 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.
-d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN
retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN
-e enable expansion of some escape sequences
-E (ignored for compatibility)
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
display version information and exit
[TEXTDOMAIN]
retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN
MSGID MSGID-PLURAL
translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (plural)
COUNT choose singular/plural form based on this value
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/freeware/share/locale
AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1995-1997, 2000, 2001 Free Software Founda-
tion, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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 0.11 September 2001 NGETTEXT(1)
