The locale command displays information about the current locale, or all locales, on standard output. When invoked without arguments, locale displays the current locale settings for each locale category (see locale(5)), based on the settings of the environment variables that control the locale (see locale(7)).

How do I change locale in Linux?

To change the value of a locale which is already set, we can edit the . bashrc profile of the use who needs the new locale. $ locale LANG=en_IN. utf8 LANGUAGE=en_US LC_CTYPE=”en_IN.

What is system locale?

The system locale controls the language used when displaying text on programs that do not support Unicode. Changing the system locale will not affect the language in menus and dialog boxes for Windows or other programs that do use Unicode.