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LOCALE(1) Debian GNU/Linux LOCALE(1)

NAME

locale - Get locale-specific information.

SYNOPSIS

locale [ -a ⎪ -m]
locale [ -ck ] name...

DESCRIPTION

The locale program writes information about the current locale environment, or all locales, to standard output.
When invoked without arguments, locale summarizes the current locale environment for each locale category defined by the LC_* environment variables.
-a, --all-locales
        Write names of available locales.
-m, --charmaps
        Write names of available charmaps.
 
Output Format:
-c, --category-name
        Write names of selected categories.
-k, --keyword-name
        Write names and values of selected keywords.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

These environment variables affect each locale categories for all locale-aware programs:
 
LC_CTYPE
        Character classification and case conversion.
LC_COLLATE
        Collation order.
LC_TIME
        Date and time formats.
LC_NUMERIC
        Non-monetary numeric formats.
LC_MONETARY
        Monetary formats.
LC_MESSAGES
        Formats of informative and diagnostic messages and
        interactive responses.
LC_PAPER
        Paper size.
LC_NAME
        Name formats.
LC_ADDRESS
        Address formats and location information.
LC_TELEPHONE
        Telephone number formats.
LC_MEASUREMENT
        Measurement units (Metric or Other).
LC_IDENTIFICATION
        Metadata about the locale information.
This environment variable can switch against multiple locale database:
 
LOCPATH
        The directory where locale data is stored.  By default, /usr/lib/locale is used.
 

FILES

/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED
List of supported values (and their associated encoding) for the locale name. This representation is recommended over --all-locales one, due being the system wide supported values.
 

AUTHOR

locale was written by Ulrich Drepper for the GNU C Library.
This manpage was written by Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system, and expanded by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>
 

SEE ALSO

locale(5), locale(7), setlocale(3)
 
2004-12-16 3rd Berkeley Distribution