locale - Unix, Linux Command

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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
TagDescription
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.


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