Name
validlocale - Test if a given locale is availableSyntax
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/SUPPORTEDEnvironment 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