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 TEXTDO-
    MAIN

    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 PARTICULAR
    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.