NAME
dspcat — display all or part of a message catalog
SYNOPSIS
dspcat
[-g]
catalog_name
[set_number
[message_number]]
DESCRIPTION
The
dspcat
command displays a particular message, all of the messages in a set, or
all of the messages in a catalog.
If you include all three command operands,
dspcat
displays a particular message.
If you do not include
message_number,
all the messages in the specified set are displayed.
If you specify only
catalog_name,
all the messages in the catalog are displayed.
If you specify either an invalid
message_number
or invalid
set_number,
an error message is displayed.
You must include
set_number
if you include
message_number.
Options
The
dspcat
command recognizes the following option:
- -g
Formats the output so that it can be used as input to the
gencat
command.
You cannot use the
message_number
operand with the
-g
option.
Operands
The
dspcat
command recognizes the following operands:
- catalog_name
Specifies a file containing a message catalog. If the file is not in the
set of directories specified by the
NLSPATH
environment variable,
dspcat
searches for it in the current directory.
(For more information about
NLSPATH,
see
environ(5).)
- set_number
Specifies a set in the catalog.
- message_number
Specifies a particular number in the specified set.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
LANG
provides a default value for the internationalization variables that are
unset or null. If
LANG
is unset or null, it defaults to
C
(see
lang(5)).
LC_ALL,
when set to a non-empty string value, overrides the values of all other
internationalization variables.
LC_MESSAGES
determines the language in which messages are displayed.
NLSPATH
determines the path to be used for searching the specified message catalog file.
It affects how the internationalization variables are used in
locating the desired message catalog.
EXAMPLES
To display message number 2 in set number 1 of test.cat, enter:
AUTHOR
The
dspcat
command was developed by OSF and HP.
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