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 settings 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 equivalents) 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 example,  LC_CTYPE  or  LC_TIME).   For
       each argument, the following is displayed:
       *  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 category on a separate line preceding the list of key‐
              word values for that category.
              For a keyword name argument, write the name of the locale category 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 op‐
              tion.
       -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.
EXAMPLES
       $ 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 environment 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)
COLOPHON
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Linux                                                      2021-03-22                                                  LOCALE(1)