Utility Program
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LANG LC_ALL LC_COLLATE |
LC_CTYPE LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY |
LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME RWSTD_LOCALE_ROOT |
RWSTD_SRC_ROOT |
A utility program to read locale databases produced by localedef.
locale [-a|-m] locale [-c][-k] name...
Extensions of this implementation:
locale [-c][-h][-k][-l][-w][-wN][--help] name...
The locale utility reads a locale database produced by the localedef utility and writes out information about the current locale environment or about all public locales to stdout. The current locale environment is determined by the setting of environment variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE, LC_NUMERIC, LC_MONETARY, LC_TIME, and LC_MESSAGES. When invoked without operands, locale writes out the setting of locale environment variables. When invoked with arguments, it writes out values assigned to the keywords in locale categories. The behavior of the utility is affected by the environment variables ${RWSTD_LOCALE_ROOT} and ${RWSTD_SRC_ROOT}.
Table 22 lists the options that conform to the requirements of the IEEE Std. 1003.1-2001 (POSIX) standard.
| Option | Meaning |
-a |
Write out information about all public locales, including the C and POSIX locales. |
-c |
Write out the names of specified locale categories. The option improves readability when more than one locale category is specified. |
-k |
Write out the values of the specified keywords. |
-m |
Write out the names of available charmaps. |
Table 23 lists the options provided as extensions to the IEEE Std. 1003.1-2001 (POSIX) standard.
| Option | Meaning |
-w |
Disable all warnings. |
-wN |
Disable warning number N. The option can be repeated any number of times to disable multiple warnings. |
--help |
Print a usage message to stdout and exit with 0 exit status. |
-h |
Use the character set description file associated with the locale database to write out symbolic character names rather than the character values. |
The following operands are accepted:
name
The name of a locale category, or the reserved keyword charmap. The set of recognized locale categories is LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE, LC_MONETARY, LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, and LC_MESSAGES.
LANG
Specifies the default value to be used for all unset or empty locale environment variables.
LC_ALL
When set, overrides the settings of all locale environment variables.
LC_COLLATE
Specifies the name of the locale to be used for the LC_COLLATE locale category. When the name contains the slash character, it is taken as the pathname of the locale database to be used for that category.
LC_CTYPE
Specifies the name of the locale to be used for the LC_CTYPE locale category. When the name contains the slash character, it is taken as the pathname of the locale database to be used for that category.
LC_MESSAGES
Specifies the name of the locale to be used for the LC_MESSAGES locale category. When the name contains the slash character, it is taken as the pathname of the locale database to be used for that category.
LC_MONETARY
Specifies the name of the locale to be used for the LC_MONETARY locale category. When the name contains the slash character, it is taken as the pathname of the locale database to be used for that category.
LC_NUMERIC
Specifies the name of the locale to be used for the LC_NUMERIC locale category. When the name contains the slash character, it is taken as the pathname of the locale database to be used for that category.
LC_TIME
Specifies the name of the locale to be used for the LC_TIME locale category. When the name contains the slash character, it is taken as the pathname of the locale database to be used for that category.
RWSTD_LOCALE_ROOT
The pathname of the root of the directory tree containing locale databases produced by localedef. The value of this environment variable is used when the -m option is specified, or unless the locale environment variables contain the slash character.
RWSTD_SRC_ROOT
The pathname of the root of the directory tree containing character set description files and locale definition files. The character set description files are assumed to reside in ${RWSTD_SRC_ROOT}/charmaps, the locale definition files in ${RWSTD_SRC_ROOT}/src. The value of this environment variable is used when the -h option is specified.
locale reads one or more locale database files according to the settings of locale environment variables.
On success, and unless extended options are specified, the format of output produced by locale to stdout follows the requirements of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 on the locale utility.
When invoked without any operands, locale writes to stdout the settings of all locale environment variables, starting with LANG first. Values of variables overridden by LANG are quoted in double-quotes.
When invoked with the -a option, locale writes to stdout the names of all public locales found in the directory specified by the ${RWSTD_LOCALE_ROOT} variable, or the current working directory if the variable is unset or empty.
When invoked with the -c option, locale writes to stdout the name of each specified locale category; otherwise the names of categories are omitted. Refer to the Environment Variables section of this entry for a list of recognized locale categories.
When invoked with the -k option, locale writes to stdout the names and values of the specified keywords; otherwise only the values of the specified keywords are written.
When invoked with the -m option, locale writes to stdout the names of all available charmaps.
Any warning or error diagnostic messages produced by localedef are sent to stderr.
Table 24 illustrates the locale utility exits with the corresponding status.
| Exit Status | Meaning |
0 |
No errors occurred and output was successfully produced. |
> 0 |
An error occurred that prevented locale from successfully producing output. |
The first of the following two commands, localedef, will create a locale database named french@euro in the directory /tmp. The second, locale, will write to stdout the names and values of the keywords for the LC_TIME locale category for the just created locale database. Since -c is specified, locale also writes out the name of the category. Please note that the following example uses extensions of this implementation to the locale utility.
$ localedef -c -f -w nls/charmaps/ISO-8859-15 \
-i nls/src fr_FR.euro/tmp/french@euro $ LC_TIME=/tmp/french@euro locale -ck LC_TIME LC_TIME abday="dim";"lun";"mar";"mer";"jeu";"ven";"sam" day="dimanche";"lundi";"mardi";"mercredi";"jeudi";"vendredi";
"samedi" abmon="jan";"fév";"mar";"avr";"mai";"jun";"jui";"aoû";"sep";
"oct";"nov";"déc" mon="janvier";"février";"mars";"avril";"mai";"juin";"juillet";
"août";"septembre";"octobre";"novembre";"décembre" am_pm="";"" d_t_fmt="%a %d %b %Y %T %Z" d_fmt="%d.%m.%Y" t_fmt="%T" t_fmt_ampm="" era=era_d_t_fmt="" era_d_fmt="" era_t_fmt="" alt_digits="" END LC_TIME
localedef utility
IEEE Std. 1003.1-2001 -- The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6