NAME¶

ngettext - translate message and choose plural form

SYNOPSIS¶

ngettext [OPTION] [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT

DESCRIPTION¶

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

-e

enable expansion of some escape sequences

-E

(ignored for compatibility)

[TEXTDOMAIN]

retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN

MSGID MSGID-PLURAL

translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (plural)

COUNT

choose singular/plural form based on this value

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 © 1995-1997, 2000-2023 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 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.