locale

 

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 LOCALE(1)                                               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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Red Hat Linux               March 2001                  LOCALE(1)

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