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PRINTF_GETTEXT(1) User Commands PRINTF_GETTEXT(1) NAME printf_gettext - translate format string and apply it SYNOPSIS printf_gettext [OPTION] FORMAT [ARGUMENT]... DESCRIPTION The printf_gettext program translates a format string into the user's lan- guage, by looking up the translation in a message catalog, and applies the translated format string to the specified arguments. Produces formatted output, applying the native language translation of FOR- MAT to the ARGUMENTs. Options and arguments: -c, --context=CONTEXT specify context for FORMAT FORMAT format string ARGUMENT string or numeric argument Informative output: -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version display version information and exit The 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$' where m is a positive integer, - is op- tionally followed by any of the characters '#', '0', '-', ' ', '+', each of which acts as a flag, - is optionally followed by a width specification (a nonnegative in- teger), - is optionally followed by '.' and a precision specifica- tion (an optional nonnegative integer), - is finished by a specifier - 'c', that prints a character, - 's', that prints a string, - 'i', 'd', that print an integer, - 'u', 'o', 'x', 'X', that print an un- signed (nonnegative) integer, - 'e', 'E', that print a float- ing-point number in scientific notation, - 'f', 'F', that print a floating-point number without an exponent, - 'g', 'G', that print a floating-point number in general notation, - 'a', 'A', that print a floating-point number in hexadecimal notation. Additionally there is the directive '%%', that prints a single '%'. If a directive specifies the argument by its number ('%m$' 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 cata- logs 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/local/share/locale AUTHOR Written by Bruno Haible. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/get- text> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2025-2026 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 printf_gettext is maintained as a Texinfo man- ual. If the info and printf_gettext programs are properly installed at your site, the command info printf_gettext should give you access to the complete manual. GNU gettext-runtime 1.0 January 2026 PRINTF_GETTEXT(1)
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