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.IX Title "LOCALE 1"
.TH LOCALE 1 "2004-12-16" "sarge" "Debian GNU/Linux"
.UC
.SH "NAME"
locale \- Get locale-specific information.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBlocale\fR \fB[\fR \f(CW\-a\fR | \f(CW\-m\fR\fB]\fR
.PP
\&\fBlocale\fR \fB[\fR \-ck \fB]\fR \fIname\fR...
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
The \fIlocale\fR program writes information about the current locale
environment, or all locales, to standard output.
.PP
When invoked without arguments, \fIlocale\fR summarizes the current
locale environment for each locale category defined by the LC_*
environment variables.
.PP
\&\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\-locales\fR
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Write names of available locales.
.Ve
\&\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-charmaps\fR
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Write names of available charmaps.
.Ve
.Sh "Output Format:"
.IX Subsection "Output Format:"
\&\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-category\-name\fR
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Write names of selected categories.
.Ve
\&\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keyword\-name\fR
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Write names and values of selected keywords.
.Ve
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
.IX Header "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
These environment variables affect each locale categories for all locale-aware programs:

\&\s-1LC_CTYPE\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Character classification and case conversion.
.Ve
\&\s-1LC_COLLATE\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Collation order.
.Ve
\&\s-1LC_TIME\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Date and time formats.
.Ve
\&\s-1LC_NUMERIC\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Non-monetary numeric formats.
.Ve
\&\s-1LC_MONETARY\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Monetary formats.
.Ve
\&\s-1LC_MESSAGES\s0
.PP
.Vb 2
\&        Formats of informative and diagnostic messages and
\&        interactive responses.
.Ve
\&\s-1LC_PAPER\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Paper size.
.Ve
\&\s-1LC_NAME\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Name formats.
.Ve
\&\s-1LC_ADDRESS\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Address formats and location information.
.Ve
\&\s-1LC_TELEPHONE\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Telephone number formats.
.Ve
\&\s-1LC_MEASUREMENT\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Measurement units (Metric or Other).
.Ve
\&\s-1LC_IDENTIFICATION\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        Metadata about the locale information.
.Ve
This environment variable can switch against multiple locale database:

\&\s-1LOCPATH\s0
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        The directory where locale data is stored.  By default, /usr/lib/locale is used.
.Ve

.SH "FILES"
.IX Header "FILES"
.PP
.PD 0
.TP 8
\fI/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED\fP
List of supported values (and their associated encoding) for the locale name.
This representation is recommended over
\fB\-\-all\-locales\fR one, due being the system wide supported values.
.PP

.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
\&\fIlocale\fR was written by Ulrich Drepper for the \s-1GNU\s0 C Library.
.PP
This manpage was written by Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org> for
the Debian GNU/Linux system, and expanded by Alastair McKinstry
<mckinstry@computer.org>
.PP

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR locale "(5), " locale "(7), " setlocale (3)