Manual: ngettext

NGETTEXT(1)						User Commands						 NGETTEXT(1)

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

       -c, --context=CONTEXT
	      specify context for MSGID

       -e     enable expansion of some escape sequences

       -E     (ignored for compatibility)

       [TEXTDOMAIN]
	      retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN

       MSGID MSGID-PLURAL
	      translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (plural)

       COUNT  choose singular/plural form based on this value

   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.  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 ngettext is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and ngettext programs  are  prop‐
       erly installed at your site, the command

	      info ngettext

       should give you access to the complete manual.

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