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 out-
                     put 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



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User Commands                                           msgget(1)



AUTHORS
     Glenn Fowler, gsf@research.att.com

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWastdev                  
    
     Interface Stability          Volatile                    
    


SEE ALSO
     iconv(1), msgcc(1), msggen(1), attributes(5)



































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