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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 current 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.

AUTHOR
    locale is written by Ulrich Drepper for the GNU C Library.

    This manpage is written by Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org> for the
    Debian GNU/Linux system.