NGETTEXT
#NAME
NAME
#SYNOPSIS
SYNOPSIS
#DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
#AUTHOR
AUTHOR
#REPORTING BUGS
REPORTING BUGS
#COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT
#SEE ALSO
SEE ALSO
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 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/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
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.
