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#15,913 opened on Mar 10, 2025

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Description

Command description

Create and retrieve translations of strings

Documentation

https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/index.html#SEC_Contents

Platform

Common

VCS repository link (e.g. GitHub, GitLab)

No response

Additional information

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Commands

  • autopoint
  • envsubst #2064
  • gettext #15912
  • gettext.sh
  • gettextize
  • msgattrib
  • msgcat #16912
  • msgcmp
  • msgcomm
  • msgconv
  • msgen
  • msgexec
  • msgfilter
  • msgfmt #13809
  • msggrep
  • msginit #15912
  • msgmerge #15912
  • msgpre
  • msgunfmt #13809
  • msguniq #13809
  • ngettext
  • recode-sr-latin
  • spit
  • xgettext #3635

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Research direction
Look up the documentation for the gettext command and write a concise summary following tldr guidelines.
Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli
Issue type
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