locale(1)							     locale(1)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     locale - get locale-specific information

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     locale [ -a| -m]
     locale [-ck] name...

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The locale	utility	writes information about the current locale
     environment to the	standard output.  When locale is invoked without any
     arguments,	it summarizes the current locale environment for each locale
     category as determined by the settings of the environment variables
     defined LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY, LC_NUMERIC,
     LC_TIME, and LC_MESSAGES.

     When invoked with operands, it writes values that have been assigned to
     the keywords in the locale	categories, as follows:

     -Specifying a keyword name	selects	the named keyword and the category
     containing	that keyword.

     -Specifying a category name selects the named category and	all keywords
     in	that category.

     The following options are supported:

     -a	  Write	information about all available	locales.

     -c	  Write	the names of selected locale categories; see STDOUT. The -c
	  option increases readability when more than one category is selected
	  (for example,	via more than one keyword name or via a	category
	  name). It is valid both with and without the -k option.

     -k	  Write	the names and values of	selected keywords.

     -m	  Write	names of available charmaps.

     name The name of a	locale category, the name of a keyword in a locale
	  category, or the reserved name charmap. The specified	category or
	  keyword is selected for output.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     In	the following examples,	the assumption is that locale environment
     variables are set as follows:

     > LANG =en_US LC_COLLATE =fr

     > locale

     would result in the following output:
     LANG=en_US
     LC_COLLATE="fr"



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locale(1)							     locale(1)



     LC_CTYPE="en_US"
     LC_TIME="en_US"
     LC_NUMERIC="en_US"
     LC_MONETARY="en_US"
     LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
     LC_ALL=

     > LC_ALL =en_US locale -ck	decimal_point

     would produce:

     LC_NUMERIC
     decimal_point="."

     The following command shows an application	of locale to determine whether
     a user-supplied response is affirmative:

     if	printf "%s0 "$response"	| grep -Eq "$( local yesstr )"
     then
      affirmative processing goes here
     else
      non-affirmative processing goes here
     fi

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /usr/lib/locale/
	  system supported locales


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