validlocale(8) validlocale(8)
NAME
validlocale - Test if a given locale is available
SYNTAX
validlocale <locale>
DESCRIPTION
Test if the locale given as argument is a valid locale. If it isn't, print on stdout the
string to add to /etc/locale.gen to make locale-gen generate the locale (if it exists at
all).
FILES
/usr/sbin/validlocale
/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
DEFAULTCHARSET
Which charset to assume if the given locale is missing from the list of supported
locales.
EXAMPLES
If you give a valid locale as parameter, it outputs a string specifying this on stderr:
% validlocale C
locale 'C' valid and available
When given a invalid (not generated or just nonexistent), it outputs a string on stderr
telling that this is an invalid locale, and a string to stdout with the string to add to
/etc/locale.gen to have this locale generated:
% validlocale de_AU@euro
locale 'de_AU@euro' not available
de_AU@euro ISO-8859-15
AUTHORS
Petter Reinholdtsen <pere AT hungry.com>
SEE ALSO
locale-gen(8), localedef(1), locale(1)
Petter Reinholdtsen 0.1 validlocale(8)
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