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)
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