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<h1 align=center>NGETTEXT</h1>
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<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
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<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
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<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
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<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
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<a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br>
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<a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br>
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<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
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ngettext - translate message and choose plural form</td></table>
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<b>ngettext</b> [<i>OPTION</i>] [<i>TEXTDOMAIN</i>] <i>MSGID
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MSGID-PLURAL COUNT</i></td></table>
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The <b>ngettext</b> program translates a natural language
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message into the user's language, by looking up the
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translation in a message catalog, and chooses the
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appropriate plural form, which depends on the number
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<i>COUNT</i> and the language of the message catalog where
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the translation was found.</td></table>
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Display native language translation of a textual message
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whose grammatical form depends on a number.</td></table>
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<b>-d</b>, <b>--domain</b>=<i>TEXTDOMAIN</i></td></table>
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retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN</td></table>
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<b>-e</b></td></table>
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enable expansion of some escape sequences</td></table>
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<b>-E</b></td></table>
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(ignored for compatibility)</td></table>
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<b>-h</b>, <b>--help</b></td></table>
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display this help and exit</td></table>
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<b>-V</b>, <b>--version</b></td></table>
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display version information and exit</td></table>
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[TEXTDOMAIN]</td></table>
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retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN</td></table>
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MSGID MSGID-PLURAL</td></table>
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translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL
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(plural)</td></table>
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choose singular/plural form based on this value</td></table>
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If the TEXTDOMAIN parameter is not given, the domain is
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determined from the environment variable TEXTDOMAIN. If the
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message catalog is not found in the regular directory,
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another location can be specified with the environment
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variable TEXTDOMAINDIR. Standard search directory:
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@localedir@</td></table>
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Written by Ulrich Drepper.</td></table>
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<h2>REPORTING BUGS</h2>
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Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.</td></table>
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Copyright 1995-1997, 2000-2004 Free Software Foundation,
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This is free software; see the source for copying
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conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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PURPOSE.</td></table>
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The full documentation for <b>ngettext</b> is maintained as
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a Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>ngettext</b>
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programs are properly installed at your site, the
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<b>info ngettext</b></td></table>
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should give you access to the complete manual.</td></table>