Does Bash imitate Locale-Specific Translation from C?











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Bash manual mentions that




3.1.2.5 Locale-Specific Translation



A double-quoted string preceded by a dollar sign (‘$’) will cause the
string to be translated according to the current locale. If the
current locale is C or POSIX, the dollar sign is ignored. If the
string is translated and replaced, the replacement is double-quoted.




Does this way of specifying a string literal exist in C language or some C library?



Does bash imitate this way from C?










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    Bash manual mentions that




    3.1.2.5 Locale-Specific Translation



    A double-quoted string preceded by a dollar sign (‘$’) will cause the
    string to be translated according to the current locale. If the
    current locale is C or POSIX, the dollar sign is ignored. If the
    string is translated and replaced, the replacement is double-quoted.




    Does this way of specifying a string literal exist in C language or some C library?



    Does bash imitate this way from C?










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      Bash manual mentions that




      3.1.2.5 Locale-Specific Translation



      A double-quoted string preceded by a dollar sign (‘$’) will cause the
      string to be translated according to the current locale. If the
      current locale is C or POSIX, the dollar sign is ignored. If the
      string is translated and replaced, the replacement is double-quoted.




      Does this way of specifying a string literal exist in C language or some C library?



      Does bash imitate this way from C?










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      Bash manual mentions that




      3.1.2.5 Locale-Specific Translation



      A double-quoted string preceded by a dollar sign (‘$’) will cause the
      string to be translated according to the current locale. If the
      current locale is C or POSIX, the dollar sign is ignored. If the
      string is translated and replaced, the replacement is double-quoted.




      Does this way of specifying a string literal exist in C language or some C library?



      Does bash imitate this way from C?







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          $"..." is Bash's way of accessing GNU gettext translations. In C code it would generally be gettext("...") or _("..."). Bash uses the system's default message catalog; a C application could also load up any catalogs it wanted to use.



          The $" syntax is a Bash extension to resemble the existing parameter expansion syntax, and I suppose particularly the $' ANSI-C quoting it took from ksh and which may make it into POSIX in future. The C language does not support or have a parallel for the syntax itself.






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            $"..." is Bash's way of accessing GNU gettext translations. In C code it would generally be gettext("...") or _("..."). Bash uses the system's default message catalog; a C application could also load up any catalogs it wanted to use.



            The $" syntax is a Bash extension to resemble the existing parameter expansion syntax, and I suppose particularly the $' ANSI-C quoting it took from ksh and which may make it into POSIX in future. The C language does not support or have a parallel for the syntax itself.






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              $"..." is Bash's way of accessing GNU gettext translations. In C code it would generally be gettext("...") or _("..."). Bash uses the system's default message catalog; a C application could also load up any catalogs it wanted to use.



              The $" syntax is a Bash extension to resemble the existing parameter expansion syntax, and I suppose particularly the $' ANSI-C quoting it took from ksh and which may make it into POSIX in future. The C language does not support or have a parallel for the syntax itself.






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                $"..." is Bash's way of accessing GNU gettext translations. In C code it would generally be gettext("...") or _("..."). Bash uses the system's default message catalog; a C application could also load up any catalogs it wanted to use.



                The $" syntax is a Bash extension to resemble the existing parameter expansion syntax, and I suppose particularly the $' ANSI-C quoting it took from ksh and which may make it into POSIX in future. The C language does not support or have a parallel for the syntax itself.






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                $"..." is Bash's way of accessing GNU gettext translations. In C code it would generally be gettext("...") or _("..."). Bash uses the system's default message catalog; a C application could also load up any catalogs it wanted to use.



                The $" syntax is a Bash extension to resemble the existing parameter expansion syntax, and I suppose particularly the $' ANSI-C quoting it took from ksh and which may make it into POSIX in future. The C language does not support or have a parallel for the syntax itself.







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