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.Dd $Mdocdate: June 3 2013 $
.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:
.Bl -tag -width LC_MONETARY
.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_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 SEE ALSO
.Xr setlocale 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility implements a subset of the specification given in
.St -p1003.1-2008 .
.Sh BUGS
The list of supported locales is perpetually incomplete.