bionic (8) update-locale.8.gz

Provided by: locales_2.27-3ubuntu1.6_all bug

NAME

       update-locale - Modify global locale settings

SYNTAX

       update-locale [OPTIONS] [var=locale | var] [...]

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  can  be  called  by  maintainer  scripts when Debian packages are installed or removed, it
       updates the /etc/default/locale file to reflect changes in system configuration related to global  locale
       settings.   When  variables  have  no  value assigned, they are removed from the locale file.  Some basic
       checks are performed to ensure that requested settings are valid.

OPTIONS

       --help Display an help message and exit.

       --reset
              Variables which are not set on command-line are cleared out.

       --locale-file FILE
              Define file containing locale variables.  (Default: /etc/default/locale)

       --no-checks
              Do not perform sanity checks on locale variables.

EXAMPLE

       The command
               update-locale LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 LANGUAGE
       sets LANG to en_CA.UTF-8 and removes definitions for LANGUAGE.

FILES

       /etc/default/locale
              File where global locale settings are stored.

AUTHOR

       Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>

SEE ALSO

       locale-gen(8), locale(1)