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msgget 1 "9 Oct 2007" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands"
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 TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availabilitydeveloper/astdev
Interface StabilityVolatile
SEE ALSO

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