Usage: /usr/bin/printf_ngettext [OPTION] FORMAT FORMAT-PLURAL COUNT [ARGUMENT]... Produces formatted output, applying the native language translation of FORMAT and FORMAT-PLURAL, depending on COUNT, to the ARGUMENTs. Options and arguments: -c, --context=CONTEXT specify context for FORMAT FORMAT English singular form of format string FORMAT-PLURAL English plural form of format string COUNT choose singular/plural form based on this value ARGUMENT string or numeric argument Informative output: -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version display version information and exit Each format string consists of - plain text, - directives, that start with '%', - escape sequences, that start with a backslash. A directive that consumes an argument - starts with '%' or '%m$' where m is a positive integer, - is optionally followed by any of the characters '#', '0', '-', ' ', '+', each of which acts as a flag, - is optionally followed by a width specification (a nonnegative integer), - is optionally followed by '.' and a precision specification (an optional nonnegative integer), - is finished by a specifier - 'c', that prints a character, - 's', that prints a string, - 'i', 'd', that print an integer, - 'u', 'o', 'x', 'X', that print an unsigned (nonnegative) integer, - 'e', 'E', that print a floating-point number in scientific notation, - 'f', 'F', that print a floating-point number without an exponent, - 'g', 'G', that print a floating-point number in general notation, - 'a', 'A', that print a floating-point number in hexadecimal notation. Additionally there is the directive '%%', that prints a single '%'. If a directive specifies the argument by its number ('%m$' notation), all directives that consume an argument must do so. The escape sequences are: \\ backslash \a alert (BEL) \b backspace (BS) \f form feed (FF) \n new line (LF) \r carriage return (CR) \t horizontal tab (HT) \v vertical tab (VT) \nnn octal number with 1 to 3 octal digits Environment variables: The translation of the format string is looked up in the translation domain given by the environment variable TEXTDOMAIN. It is looked up in the catalogs directory given by the environment variable TEXTDOMAINDIR or, if not present, in the default catalogs directory. This binary is configured to use the default catalogs directory: /usr/share/locale Report bugs in the bug tracker at or by email to .