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LOCALE
1
March 2001
Red Hat Linux
  • NAME
      locale - Get locale-specific information.
  • SYNOPSIS
      locale [ <(>CW-a | <(>CW-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
  • 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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