LOCALE(E)                Debian GNU/Linux               LOCALE(E)



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 cur-
       rent 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.

       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.


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>



woody                       2002-03-02                  LOCALE(E)