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.

  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: /ucrt64/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.