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

   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

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, 2000-2020 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.