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.Dd $Mdocdate: August 12 2015 $
.Dt LOCALE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm locale
.Nd get locale-specific information
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm locale
.Op Fl a | Fl m
.Sh DESCRIPTION
If
.Nm
is invoked without any arguments, the current locale configuration is shown.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl a
Display a list of supported locales.
.It Fl m
Display a list of supported character sets.
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The locale configuration consists of the following environment variables:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width LC_MONETARYXXX -compact
.It Dv LC_ALL
Overrides all other LC_* variables below.
.It Dv LC_COLLATE
Locale for string collation routines.
.It Dv LC_CTYPE
Locale for character set.
.It Dv LC_MESSAGES
Locale for message strings.
.It Dv LC_MONETARY
Locale for formatting monetary values.
.It Dv LC_NUMERIC
Locale for formatting numbers.
.It Dv LC_TIME
Locale for formatting dates and times.
.It Dv LANG
Fallback if any of the above is unset.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std locale
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr setlocale 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility implements a subset of the
.St -p1003.1-2008
specification.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility was first standardized in the
.St -xpg4 .
.Pp
It was rewritten from scratch for
.Ox 5.4
during the 2013 Toronto hackathon.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
.An Stefan Sperling Aq Mt stsp@openbsd.org
with contributions from
.An Philip Guenther Aq Mt guenther@openbsd.org
and
.An Jeremie Courreges-Anglas Aq Mt jca@openbsd.org .
.Sh BUGS
The list of supported locales is perpetually incomplete.