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 MSGGET 1 "Oct 9, 2007"
 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(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Volatile


 SEE ALSO

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