Use the setlocale command to change the locale setting for the
system. It also changes command output to the chosen language.
Syntax
setlocale -localelocale_id
Parameters
- -localelocale_id
- (Required) Specifies the locale ID. The value must be a numeric value depending on the
wanted language. The list in the command description shows the possible values.
Description
This command changes the
language in which error messages are displayed as output from the command-line interface. Then,
all error messages from the command-line tools are generated in the chosen language. This
command is run when you request a change of language (locale).
Specify the
setlocale command to change the locale setting for the system;
all interface output is changed to the chosen language. For example, to change the language to
Japanese, type the following on the command line:
setlocale -locale 3
Where
3 is the value
for Japanese. The following values are supported:
- 0 US English (default)
- 1 Simplified Chinese
- 2 Traditional Chinese
- 3 Japanese
- 4 French
- 5 German
- 6 Italian
- 7 Spanish
- 8 Korean
- 9 Portuguese (Brazilian)
- 10 Russian
An invocation example (where 3 is
Japanese)
setlocale -locale 3
The resulting
output:
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An invocation example (where 8 is
Korean)
setlocale -locale 8
The resulting
output:
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