locale(1) - get locale-specific information

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LOCALE(1)		       Linux User Manual		     LOCALE(1)



NAME
       locale - get locale-specific information

SYNOPSIS
       locale [option]
       locale [option] -a
       locale [option] -m
       locale [option] name...

DESCRIPTION
       The  locale  command  displays information about the current locale, or
       all locales, on standard output.

       When invoked without arguments, locale displays the current locale set‐
       tings  for  each locale category (see locale(5)), based on the settings
       of the environment variables that control the locale  (see  locale(7)).
       Values  for variables set in the environment are printed without double
       quotes, implied values are printed with double quotes.

       If either the -a or the -m option (or one of their long-format  equiva‐
       lents) is specified, the behavior is as follows:

       -a, --all-locales
	      Display  a  list of all available locales.  The -v option causes
	      the LC_IDENTIFICATION metadata about each locale to be  included
	      in the output.

       -m, --charmaps
	      Display	the  available	charmaps  (character  set  description
	      files).  To display the current character set  for  the  locale,
	      use locale -c charmap.

       The  locale  command  can  also be provided with one or more arguments,
       which are the names of locale keywords (for example,  date_fmt,	ctype-
       class-names, yesexpr, or decimal_point) or locale categories (for exam‐
       ple, LC_CTYPE or LC_TIME).  For each argument, the  following  is  dis‐
       played:

       *  For a locale keyword, the value of that keyword to be displayed.

       *  For  a  locale category, the values of all keywords in that category
	  are displayed.

       When arguments are supplied, the following options are meaningful:

       -c, --category-name
	      For a category name argument, write the name of the locale cate‐
	      gory on a separate line preceding the list of keyword values for
	      that category.

	      For a keyword name argument, write the name of the locale	 cate‐
	      gory  for	 this keyword on a separate line preceding the keyword
	      value.

	      This option improves readability when  multiple  name  arguments
	      are specified.  It can be combined with the -k option.

       -k, --keyword-name
	      For  each	 keyword  whose value is being displayed, include also
	      the name of that keyword, so that the output has the format:

		  keyword="value"

       The locale command also knows about the following options:

       -v, --verbose
	      Display additional information for some command-line option  and
	      argument combinations.

       -?, --help
	      Display  a  summary  of  command-line  options and arguments and
	      exit.

       --usage
	      Display a short usage message and exit.

       -V, --version
	      Display the program version and exit.

FILES
       /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
	      Usual default locale archive location.

       /usr/share/i18n/locales
	      Usual default path for locale definition files.

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

EXAMPLE
       $ locale
       LANG=en_US.UTF-8
       LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
       LC_ALL=

       $ locale date_fmt
       %a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y

       $ locale -k date_fmt
       date_fmt="%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y"

       $ locale -ck date_fmt
       LC_TIME
       date_fmt="%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y"

       $ locale LC_TELEPHONE
       +%c (%a) %l
       (%a) %l
       11
       1
       UTF-8

       $ locale -k LC_TELEPHONE
       tel_int_fmt="+%c (%a) %l"
       tel_dom_fmt="(%a) %l"
       int_select="11"
       int_prefix="1"
       telephone-codeset="UTF-8"

       The following example compiles a custom locale from the ./wrk directory
       with  the  localedef(1) utility under the $HOME/.locale directory, then
       tests the result with the date(1) command, and then sets	 the  environ‐
       ment  variables	LOCPATH and LANG in the shell profile file so that the
       custom locale will be used in the subsequent user sessions:

       $ mkdir -p $HOME/.locale
       $ I18NPATH=./wrk/ localedef -f UTF-8 -i fi_SE $HOME/.locale/fi_SE.UTF-8
       $ LOCPATH=$HOME/.locale LC_ALL=fi_SE.UTF-8 date
       $ echo "export LOCPATH=\$HOME/.locale" >> $HOME/.bashrc
       $ echo "export LANG=fi_SE.UTF-8" >> $HOME/.bashrc

SEE ALSO
       localedef(1), charmap(5), locale(5), locale(7)



Linux				  2016-03-15			     LOCALE(1)