LOCALE(1) General Commands Manual 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
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.
AUTHOR
locale is written by Ulrich Drepper for the GNU C Library.
This manpage is written by Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.
3rd Berkeley Distribution March 2001 LOCALE(1)
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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 <mck-
instry@computer.org>
SEE ALSO locale(5), locale(7), setlocale(3)3rd Berkeley Distribution 2004-12-16 LOCALE(1)
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