redhat man page for gettext

GETTEXT(1)								GNU								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

       -e     enable expansion of some escape sequences

       -E     (ignored for compatibility)

       -h, --help
	      display this help and exit

       -n     suppress trailing newline

       -V, --version
	      display version information and exit

       [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID
	      retrieve translated message corresponding to MSGID from TEXTDOMAIN

       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.	 When  used  with  the	-s
       option  the program behaves like the `echo' command.  But it does not simply 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 to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1995-1997, 2000, 2001 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 PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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 0.11						  September 2001							GETTEXT(1)