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 vari‐
       able TEXTDOMAINDIR.  When used with the -s option the program behaves like the 'echo' command.  But it does not	sim‐
       ply  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 extent permitted  by
       law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for gettext is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and gettext programs 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)