La commande 'locale' permet d'afficher les jeux de caractères installés sur le serveur.
la commande de base est 'locale -a' qui donne un résultat similaire à :
# locale -a
C
POSIX
en_US.8859-15
en_US.ISO8859-1
en_US
fr_FR.8859-15@euro
fr_FR.8859-15@preeuro
fr_FR.8859-15
fr_FR.IBM-1252@euro
fr_FR.IBM-1252@preeuro
fr_FR.IBM-1252
fr_FR.ISO8859-1
fr_FR
Si des jeux de caractères manquent, il est possible de les installer au travers de 'smit installp'.
Ci-dessous la documentation officielle.
locale Command
Purpose
Writes information to standard output about either the current locale or all public locales.
Syntax
locale [ -O 64 ][ -a | -m ] | [ [ -c ] [ -k ] Name ... ]
Description
The locale command writes information to standard output about either the current locale or all public locales. A
public locale is a locale available to any application.
To write the name and value of each current locale category, do not specify any flags or variables. To write the
names of all available public locales, specify the -a flag. To write a list of the names of all available
character-mapping (charmap) files, specify the -m flag. These charmap filenames are suitable values for the -f
flag specified with the localedef command.
To write information about specified locale categories and keywords in the current locale, specify the Name
parameter. The Name parameter can be one of the following:
* A locale category, such as LC_CTYPE or LC_MESSAGES
* A keyword, such as yesexpr or decimal_point
* The charmap reserved word to determine the current character mapping
You can specify more than one Name parameter with the locale command.
If you specify the locale command with a locale category name and no flags, the locale command writes the values
of all keywords in the locale category specified by the Name parameter. If you specify the locale command with a
locale keyword and no flags, the locale command writes the value of the keyword specified by the Name parameter.
If the Name parameter is a locale category name or keyword, the -c and -k flags can determine the information
displayed by the locale command.
Flags
Item
Description
-a
Writes the names of all available public locales.
-c
Writes the names of selected locale categories. If the Name parameter is a keyword, the locale command
writes the name of the locale category that contains the specified keyword, and the value of the specified
keyword. If the Name parameter is a locale category, the locale command writes the name of the specified
locale category and the values of all keywords in the specified locale category.
-k
Writes the names and values of selected keywords. If the Name parameter is a keyword, the locale command
writes the name and value of the specified keyword. If the Name parameter is a locale category, the locale
command writes the names and values of all keywords in the specified locale category.
-m
Writes the names of all available character-mapping (charmap) files.
-ck
Writes the name of the locale category, followed by the names and values of selected keywords. If the Name
parameter is a keyword, the locale command writes the name of the locale category that contains the
specified keyword, and the name and value of the specified keyword. If the Name parameter is a locale
category, the locale command writes the name of the specified locale category and the names and values of
all keywords in the specified locale category.
-O 64
Displays locale information as seen by a 64 bit executable. This should be identical to information as seen
by a 32 bit executable.
Exit Status
This command returns the following exit values:
Item
Description
0
All the requested information was found and output successfully.
>0
An error occurred.
Examples
1 To retrieve the names and values of all the current locale environment variables, enter:
locale
If locale_x and locale_y are valid locales on the system, as determined with locale -a, and if the locale
environment variables are set as follows:
LANG=locale_x
LC_COLLATE=locale_y
The locale command produces the following output:
LANG=locale_x
LC_CTYPE="locale_x"
LC_COLLATE=locale_y
LC_TIME="locale_x"
LC_NUMERIC="locale_x"
LC_MONETARY="locale_x"
LC_MESSAGES="locale_x"
LC_ALL=
Note: When setting the locale variables, some values imply values for other locale variables. For example,
if the LC_ALL locale variable is set to the En_US locale, all locale environment variables are set to the
En_US locale. In addition, implicit values are enclosed in double quotes ("). Explicitly set values are not
enclosed in double quotes ("). See "Understanding Locale Environment Variables" in AIX Version 7.1 National
Language Support Guide and Reference for more information.
2 To determine the current character mapping, enter:
locale charmap
If the LC_ALL locale variable is set to the C locale, the locale command produces the following output:
ISO8859-1
3 To retrieve the value of the decimal_point delimiter for the current locale, enter:
locale -ck decimal_point
If the LC_ALL locale variable is set to the C locale, the locale command produces the following output:
LC_NUMERIC
decimal_point="."
