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/usr/bin/ngettext

GNU locale utilities

From gettext 1.0-r8 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running ngettext --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: /usr/bin/ngettext [OPTION] [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT

Display native language translation of a textual message whose grammatical
form depends on a number.

Options and arguments:
  -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

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: /usr/share/locale

Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>
or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-d, --domain TEXTDOMAINretrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAINhelp + man
-c, --context CONTEXTspecify context for MSGIDhelp + man
-eenable expansion of some escape sequenceshelp + man
-E(ignored for compatibility)help + man
-h, --helpdisplay this help and exithelp + man
-V, --versiondisplay version information and exithelp + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.