ngettext - translate message and choose plural form
ngettext [OPTION] [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT
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
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-e |
enable expansion of some escape sequences |
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-E |
(ignored for compatibility) |
[TEXTDOMAIN]
retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN
MSGID MSGID-PLURAL
translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (plural)
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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 variable TEXTDOMAINDIR. Standard search directory: /cvmfs/km3net.egi.eu/conda/envs/v4/km3env/share/locale
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 1995-1997, 2000-2022 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.
The full documentation for ngettext is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and ngettext programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info ngettext
should give you access to the complete manual.