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diff --git a/upstream/fedora-40/man1/locale.1 b/upstream/fedora-40/man1/locale.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9b7384c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/fedora-40/man1/locale.1 @@ -0,0 +1,208 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 2014 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH locale 1 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.06" +.SH NAME +locale \- get locale-specific information +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.BR locale " [\fIoption\fP]" +.BR locale " [\fIoption\fP] " \-a +.BR locale " [\fIoption\fP] " \-m +.BR locale " [\fIoption\fP] \fIname\fP..." +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B locale +command displays information about the current locale, or all locales, +on standard output. +.P +When invoked without arguments, +.B locale +displays the current locale settings for each locale category (see +.BR locale (5)), +based on the settings of the environment variables that control the locale +(see +.BR locale (7)). +Values for variables set in the environment are printed without double +quotes, implied values are printed with double quotes. +.P +If either the +.B \-a +or the +.B \-m +option (or one of their long-format equivalents) is specified, +the behavior is as follows: +.TP +.B \-\-all\-locales +.TQ +.B \-a +Display a list of all available locales. +The +.B \-v +option causes the +.B LC_IDENTIFICATION +metadata about each locale to be included in the output. +.TP +.B \-\-charmaps +.TQ +.B \-m +Display the available charmaps (character set description files). +To display the current character set for the locale, use +\fBlocale \-c charmap\fR. +.P +The +.B locale +command can also be provided with one or more arguments, +which are the names of locale keywords (for example, +.IR date_fmt , +.IR ctype\-class\-names , +.IR yesexpr , +or +.IR decimal_point ) +or locale categories (for example, +.B LC_CTYPE +or +.BR LC_TIME ). +For each argument, the following is displayed: +.IP \[bu] 3 +For a locale keyword, the value of that keyword to be displayed. +.IP \[bu] +For a locale category, +the values of all keywords in that category are displayed. +.P +When arguments are supplied, the following options are meaningful: +.TP +.B \-\-category\-name +.TQ +.B \-c +For a category name argument, +write the name of the locale category +on a separate line preceding the list of keyword values for that category. +.IP +For a keyword name argument, +write the name of the locale category for this keyword +on a separate line preceding the keyword value. +.IP +This option improves readability when multiple name arguments are specified. +It can be combined with the +.B \-k +option. +.TP +.B \-\-keyword\-name +.TQ +.B \-k +For each keyword whose value is being displayed, +include also the name of that keyword, +so that the output has the format: +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +.IR keyword =\[dq] value \[dq] +.EE +.in +.P +The +.B locale +command also knows about the following options: +.TP +.B \-\-verbose +.TQ +.B \-v +Display additional information for some command-line option and argument +combinations. +.TP +.B \-\-help +.TQ +.B \-? +Display a summary of command-line options and arguments and exit. +.TP +.B \-\-usage +Display a short usage message and exit. +.TP +.B \-\-version +.TQ +.B \-V +Display the program version and exit. +.SH FILES +.TP +.I /usr/lib/locale/locale\-archive +Usual default locale archive location. +.TP +.I /usr/share/i18n/locales +Usual default path for locale definition files. +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +POSIX.1-2001. +.SH EXAMPLES +.EX +$ \fBlocale\fP +LANG=en_US.UTF\-8 +LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_TIME="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_NAME="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF\-8" +LC_ALL= +.P +$ \fBlocale date_fmt\fP +%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y +.P +$ \fBlocale \-k date_fmt\fP +date_fmt="%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y" +.P +$ \fBlocale \-ck date_fmt\fP +LC_TIME +date_fmt="%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y" +.P +$ \fBlocale LC_TELEPHONE\fP ++%c (%a) %l +(%a) %l +11 +1 +UTF\-8 +.P +$ \fBlocale \-k LC_TELEPHONE\fP +tel_int_fmt="+%c (%a) %l" +tel_dom_fmt="(%a) %l" +int_select="11" +int_prefix="1" +telephone\-codeset="UTF\-8" +.EE +.P +The following example compiles a custom locale from the +.I ./wrk +directory with the +.BR localedef (1) +utility under the +.I $HOME/.locale +directory, then tests the result with the +.BR date (1) +command, and then sets the environment variables +.B LOCPATH +and +.B LANG +in the shell profile file so that the custom locale will be used in the +subsequent user sessions: +.P +.EX +$ \fBmkdir \-p $HOME/.locale\fP +$ \fBI18NPATH=./wrk/ localedef \-f UTF\-8 \-i fi_SE $HOME/.locale/fi_SE.UTF\-8\fP +$ \fBLOCPATH=$HOME/.locale LC_ALL=fi_SE.UTF\-8 date\fP +$ \fBecho "export LOCPATH=\e$HOME/.locale" >> $HOME/.bashrc\fP +$ \fBecho "export LANG=fi_SE.UTF\-8" >> $HOME/.bashrc\fP +.EE +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR localedef (1), +.BR charmap (5), +.BR locale (5), +.BR locale (7) |