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TH NGETTEXT "1" "November 2006" "GNU gettext-runtime 0.16.1" GNU
SH NAME
ngettext \- translate message and choose plural form
SH SYNOPSIS
B ngettext
[\fIOPTION\fR] [\fITEXTDOMAIN\fR] \fIMSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT\fR
SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBngettext\fP 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 \fICOUNT\fP
and the language of the message catalog where the translation was found.
PP
Display native language translation of a textual message whose grammatical
form depends on a number.
TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-domain\fR=\fITEXTDOMAIN\fR
retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN
TP
\fB\-e\fR
enable expansion of some escape sequences
TP
\fB\-E\fR
(ignored for compatibility)
TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
display version information and exit
TP
[TEXTDOMAIN]
retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN
TP
MSGID MSGID-PLURAL
translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (plural)
TP
COUNT
choose singular/plural form based on this value
PP
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: @localedir@
SH AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <
[email protected]>.
SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 1995-1997, 2000-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
B ngettext
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
B info
and
B ngettext
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
IP
B info ngettext
PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
