ngettext

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13.5.2.4 Invoking the `ngettext' program
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     ngettext [OPTION] [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT

   The `ngettext' program displays the native language translation of a
textual message whose grammatical form depends on a number.

*Arguments*

`-d TEXTDOMAIN'
`--domain=TEXTDOMAIN'
     Retrieve translated messages from TEXTDOMAIN.  Usually a TEXTDOMAIN
     corresponds to a package, a program, or a module of a program.

`-e'
     Enable expansion of some escape sequences.  This option is for
     compatibility with the `gettext' program.  The escape sequences
     `\a', `\b', `\c', `\f', `\n', `\r', `\t', `\v', `\\', and `\'
     followed by one to three octal digits, are interpreted like the
     SystemV `echo' program does.

`-E'
     This option is only for compatibility with the `gettext' program.
     It has no effect.

`-h'
`--help'
     Display this help and exit.

`-V'
`--version'
     Output version information and exit.

`TEXTDOMAIN'
     Retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN.

`MSGID MSGID-PLURAL'
     Translate MSGID (English singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (English plural).

`COUNT'
     Choose singular/plural form based on this value.


   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'.