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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.

   Options and arguments:
       -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 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 in the bug tracker at
       <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to
       <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1995-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       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 0.26	   July 2025			    GETTEXT(1)