Locale environment variables in Linux

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Run the following command to show current locale variables:

1locale

Variables

  • LANG='ru_RU.UTF-8' — language/locale to use
  • LANGUAGE='ru_RU:en_US' — :-separated list of languages
  • LC_* — override LANG:
    • LC_CTYPE='ru_RU.UTF-8' — interpretation of byte sequences as characters
    • LC_NUMERIC='ru_RU.UTF-8' — number formatting
    • LC_TIME='ru_RU.UTF-8' — date and time formatting
    • LC_COLLATE='ru_RU.UTF-8' — collation rules for sorting and regular expressions
    • LC_MONETARY='ru_RU.UTF-8' — currency formatting
    • LC_MESSAGES='en_US.UTF-8' — messages from CLI commands
    • LC_PAPER='ru_RU.UTF-8' — standard paper sizes
    • LC_NAME='ru_RU.UTF-8' — names formatting
    • LC_ADDRESS='ru_RU.UTF-8' — postal address formatting
    • LC_TELEPHONE='ru_RU.UTF-8' — phone number formatting
    • LC_MEASUREMENT='ru_RU.UTF-8' — measurement system
    • LC_IDENTIFICATION='ru_RU.UTF-8' — metadata for the locale
    • LC_ALL= — override all other variables except LANGUAGE