Manual: gettext

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 TEXTDOMAIN

   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 be‐
       haves like the 'echo' command.  But it does not simply copy its arguments to stdout.   Instead  those
       messages found in the selected catalog are translated.  Standard search directory: /usr/share/locale

AUTHOR
       Written by Ulrich Drepper.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report  bugs  in	 the  bug  tracker  at	  or	 by email to
       .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1995-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU  GPL  version	3  or  later
       
       This  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the ex‐
       tent permitted by law.

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

	      info gettext

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-runtime 0.23-bisect-1a		  June 2025					  GETTEXT(1)