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NAME

srchtxt - display contents of, or search for a text string in, message
data bases

SYNOPSIS

srchtxt [-s] [-l locale] [-m msgfile ,...] [text]

DESCRIPTION

The srchtxt utility is used to display all the text strings in message
data bases, or to search for a text string in message data bases (see
mkmsgs(1)). These data bases are files in the directory
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES (see setlocale(3C)), unless a file
name given with the -m option contains a /. The directory locale can be
viewed as the name of the language in which the text strings are written.
If the -l option is not specified, the files accessed will be determined
by the value of the environment variable LC_MESSAGES. If LC_MESSAGES is
not set, the files accessed will be determined by the value of the
environment variable LANG. If LANG is not set, the files accessed will be
in the directory /usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES, which contains default
strings.


If no text argument is present, then all the text strings in the files
accessed will be displayed.


If the -s option is not specified, the displayed text is prefixed by
message sequence numbers. The message sequence numbers are enclosed in
angle brackets: <msgfile:msgnum>.

msgfile
name of the file where the displayed text occurred


msgnum
sequence number in msgfile where the displayed text occurred


This display is in the format used by gettxt(1) and gettxt(3C).

OPTIONS

-s
Suppress printing of the message sequence numbers of the
messages being displayed.


-l locale
Access files in the directory
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES. If -m msgfile is also
supplied, lOCALE is ignored for msgfiles containing a /.


-m msgfile
Access files specified by one or more msgfiles. If msgfile
contains a / character, then msgfile is interpreted as a
pathname; otherwise, it will be assumed to be in the
directory determined as described above. To specify more
than one msgfile, separate the file names using commas.


text
Search for the text string specified by text and display
each one that matches. text can take the form of a regular
expression; see regexp(7).

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Using srchtxt

If message files have been installed in a locale named french by using
mkmsgs(1), then you could display the entire set of text strings in the
french locale (/usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGES/*) by typing:


example% srchtxt -l french

Example 2: Using srchtxt

If a set of error messages associated with the operating system have been
installed in the file UX in the french locale
(/usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGE/UX), then, using the value of the LANG
environment variable to determine the locale to be searched, you could
search that file in that locale for all error messages dealing with files
by typing:


example% setenv LANG=french; export LANG
example% srchtxt -m UX "[Ff]ichier"


If /usr/lib/locale/french/LC_MESSAGES/UX contained the following strings:


Erreur E/S\n
Liste d'arguments trop longue\n
Fichier inexistant\n
Argument invalide\n
Trop de fichiers ouverts\n
Fichier trop long\n
Trop de liens\n
Argument hors du domaine\n
Identificateur supprim\n
Etreinte fatale\n
.
.
.


then the following strings would be displayed:


<UX:3>Fichier inexistant\n
<UX:5>Trop de fichiers ouverts\n
<UX:6>Fichier trop long\n

Example 3: Using srchtxt

If a set of error messages associated with the operating system have been
installed in the file UX and a set of error messages associated with the
INGRESS data base product have been installed in the file ingress, both
in the german locale, then you could search for the pattern [Dd]atei in
both the files UX and ingress in the german locale by typing:


example% srchtxt -l german -m UX,ingress "[Dd]atei"

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

See environ(7) for a description of the LC_CTYPE environment variable
that affects the execution of srchtxt.

FILES

/usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES/*

default files created by mkmsgs(1)


/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/*

message files created by mkmsgs(1)

SEE ALSO

exstr(1), gettxt(1), locale(1), mkmsgs(1), gettxt(3C), setlocale(3C),
attributes(7), environ(7), locale(7), regexp(7)

DIAGNOSTICS

The error messages produced by srchtxt are intended to be self-
explanatory. They indicate an error in the command line or errors
encountered while searching for a particular locale and/or message file.

December 20, 1996 SRCHTXT(1)