locale
displays information about the current locale settings or lists available
TLDR
Show current locale settings
$ locale
List all available locales$ locale --all-locales
List locales with metadata$ locale --all-locales --verbose
Show date format$ locale date_fmt
SYNOPSIS
locale [options] [name...]
DESCRIPTION
locale displays information about the current locale settings or lists available locales. It shows environment variables that control language, character encoding, date/time formats, and other regional settings.
PARAMETERS
-a, --all-locales
List all available locales-v, --verbose
Show verbose locale information-c, --category-name
Print category names-k, --keyword-name
Print keyword names-m, --charmaps
List available character maps
LOCALE CATEGORIES
LC_CTYPE
Character classification and case conversionLC_COLLATE
String collation orderLC_MESSAGES
Message translationsLC_MONETARY
Currency formattingLC_NUMERIC
Number formattingLC_TIME
Date and time formatting
INSTALL
sudo apt install libc-bin
sudo apk add musl-locales
nix profile install nixpkgs#locale
SEE ALSO
localectl(1), locale-gen(8), localedef(1)