MSGGET(1) User Commands MSGGET(1)

NAME

msgget - get a message from a message catalog

SYNOPSIS

msgget locale [command:]catalog [set.]number [text]

DESCRIPTION

msgget gets the message corresponding to the parameters. See
OPERANDS.

OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:

catalog
Specifies the message catalog name.


command
Specifies command-specific message.


locale
Specifies the locale. If locale is - then the current
locale is used.


[set].number
Identifies the message by message number and an
optional message set. If specified as - , the message
set and number are determined by looking up text in
the corresponding C locale message catalog.


text
Specifies the text of the message to be output upon
error.

EXIT STATUS

0
Successful completion.


>0
An error occurred.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Getting a Message in the Current Locale

The following example gets msg 1 in the current locale from message
catalog hello:


example% msgget - hello 1
hello world

AUTHORS

Glenn Fowler, gsf@research.att.com

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Volatile |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

iconv(1), msgcc(1), msggen(1), attributes(7)

October 9, 2007 MSGGET(1)