srchtxt(1)							   User Commands							srchtxt(1)

NAME

       srchtxt - display contents of, or search for a text string in, message data bases

SYNOPSIS

       srchtxt [-s] [-l locale] [-m msgfile ,...] [text]

DESCRIPTION

       The  srchtxt  utility  is  used to display all the text strings in message data bases, or to search for a text string in message data bases
       (see mkmsgs(1)). These data bases are files in the directory /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES (see setlocale(3C)),  unless  a	file  name
       given  with  the -m option contains a /. The directory locale can be viewed as the name of the language in which the text strings are writ-
       ten. If the -l option is not specified, the files accessed will be determined by the value of  the  environment	variable  LC_MESSAGES.	If
       LC_MESSAGES  is not set, the files accessed will be determined by the value of the environment variable LANG. If LANG is not set, the files
       accessed will be in the directory /usr/lib/locale//C/LC_MESSAGES , which contains default strings.

       If no text argument is present, then all the text strings in the files accessed will be displayed.

       If the -s option is not specified, the displayed text is prefixed by message sequence numbers. The message sequence numbers are enclosed in
       angle brackets: <msgfile:msgnum>.

       msgfile	   name of the file where the displayed text occurred

       msgnum	   sequence number in msgfile where the displayed text occurred

       This display is in the format used by gettxt(1) and gettxt(3C).

OPTIONS

       -s	     Suppress printing of the message sequence numbers of the messages being displayed.

       -l locale     Access  files in the directory /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES. If -m msgfile is also supplied, lOCALE is ignored for msg-
		     files containing a /.

       -m msgfile    Access files specified by one or more msgfiles. If msgfile contains a / character, then msgfile is interpreted as a pathname;
		     otherwise,  it  will be assumed to be in the directory determined as described above. To specify more than one msgfile, sepa-
		     rate the file names using commas.

       text	     Search for the text string specified by text and display each one that matches. text can take the form of a  regular  expres-
		     sion; see regexp(5).

EXAMPLES

       Example 1 Using srchtxt

       If  message files have been installed in a locale named french by using mkmsgs(1), then you could display the entire set of text strings in
       the french locale (/usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGES/* ) by typing:

	 example% srchtxt -l french

       Example 2 Using srchtxt

       If a  set  of  error  messages  associated  with  the  operating  system  have  been  installed	in  the  file  UX  in  the  french  locale
       (/usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGE/UX ), then, using the value of the LANG environment variable to determine the locale to be searched, you
       could search that file in that locale for all error messages dealing with files by typing:

	 example% setenv LANG=french; export  LANG
	 example% srchtxt -m UX "[Ff]ichier"

       If /usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGES/UX  contained the following strings:

	 Erreur E/S

	 Liste d'arguments trop longue

	 Fichier inexistant

	 Argument invalide

	 Trop de fichiers ouverts

	 Fichier trop long

	 Trop de liens

	 Argument hors du domaine

	 Identificateur supprim

	 Etreinte fatale

	   .
	   .
	   .

       then the following strings would be displayed:

	 <UX:3>Fichier inexistant

	 <UX:5>Trop de fichiers ouverts

	 <UX:6>Fichier trop long


       Example 3 Using srchtxt

       If a set of error messages associated with the operating system have been installed in the file UX and a set of error  messages	associated
       with  the  INGRESS data base product have been installed in the file ingress, both in the german locale, then you could search for the pat-
       tern [Dd]atei in both the files UX and ingress in the german locale by typing:

	 example% srchtxt -l german -m UX,ingress "[Dd]atei"

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for a description of the LC_CTYPE environment variable that affects the execution of srchtxt.

FILES

       /usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES/*

	   default files created by mkmsgs(1)

       /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/*

	   message files created by mkmsgs(1)

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE		      ATTRIBUTE VALUE		   |
       |Availability		      SUNWloc			   |
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       exstr(1), gettxt(1), locale(1), mkmsgs(1), gettxt(3C), setlocale(3C), attributes(5), environ(5), locale(5), regexp(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

       The error messages produced by srchtxt are intended to be self-explanatory. They indicate an error in the command line  or  errors  encoun-
       tered while searching for a particular locale and/or message file.

SunOS 5.11							    20 Dec 1996 							srchtxt(1)