Displaying messages outside of an application program

The following commands allow you to display messages outside of an application program. These commands are specific to AIX®.

dspcat

Displays the messages contained in the specified message catalog. The following example displays the messages located in the x.cat message source file:

dspcat x.cat

dspmsg

Displays a single message from a message catalog. The following example displays the message located in the x.cat message source file that has the ID number of 1 and the set number of 2:

dspmsg x.cat -s 2 1

You can use the dspmsg command in shell scripts when a message must be obtained from a message catalog.