Using gettext in bash.

Question

How to use gettext in bash script?

I only found this page, but I don't understand it.

Localization

My script is written like this:

 #!/bin/bash
 . lang_file.sh
 echo $LANG_HELLO_WORLD

And lang_file.sh look like that:

 #!/bin/bash
 LANG_HELLO_WORLD="Hello World"

I want to change lang_file.sh to something using gettext, like this:

 #!/bin/bash
 LANG_HELLO_WORLD=`some gettext command to get string in user language`

I want to use the code in Launchpad, so other users can translate it (.po, .pot files)

Sorry for bad English, any suggestions?

Answer 1

Try this tutorial to see if it's more helpful.