localectl(1)

1LOCALECTL(1)                       localectl                      LOCALECTL(1)
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NAME

6       localectl - Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings
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SYNOPSIS

9       localectl [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND}
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DESCRIPTION

12       localectl may be used to query and change the system locale and
13       keyboard layout settings.
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15       The system locale controls the language settings of system services and
16       of the UI before the user logs in, such as the display manager, as well
17       as the default for users after login.
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19       The keyboard settings control the keyboard layout used on the text
20       console and of the graphical UI before the user logs in, such as the
21       display manager, as well as the default for users after login.
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23       Use systemd-firstboot(1) to initialize the system locale for mounted
24       (but not booted) system images.
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OPTIONS

27       The following options are understood:
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29       --no-ask-password
30           Do not query the user for authentication for privileged operations.
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32       --no-convert
33           If set-keymap or set-x11-keymap is invoked and this option is
34           passed, then the keymap will not be converted from the console to
35           X11, or X11 to console, respectively.
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37       -H, --host=
38           Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or a username
39           and hostname separated by "@", to connect to. The hostname may
40           optionally be suffixed by a container name, separated by ":", which
41           connects directly to a specific container on the specified host.
42           This will use SSH to talk to the remote machine manager instance.
43           Container names may be enumerated with machinectl -H HOST.
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45       -h, --help
46           Print a short help text and exit.
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48       --version
49           Print a short version string and exit.
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51       --no-pager
52           Do not pipe output into a pager.
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54       The following commands are understood:
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56       status
57           Show current settings of the system locale and keyboard mapping.
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59       set-locale LOCALE...
60           Set the system locale. This takes one or more assignments such as
61           "LANG=de_DE.utf8", "LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8", and so on. See
62           locale(7) for details on the available settings and their meanings.
63           Use list-locales for a list of available locales (see below).
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65       list-locales
66           List available locales useful for configuration with set-locale.
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68       set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]
69           Set the system keyboard mapping for the console and X11. This takes
70           a mapping name (such as "de" or "us"), and possibly a second one to
71           define a toggle keyboard mapping. Unless --no-convert is passed,
72           the selected setting is also applied as the default system keyboard
73           mapping of X11, after converting it to the closest matching X11
74           keyboard mapping. Use list-keymaps for a list of available keyboard
75           mappings (see below).
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77       list-keymaps
78           List available keyboard mappings for the console, useful for
79           configuration with set-keymap.
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81       set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL [VARIANT [OPTIONS]]]
82           Set the system default keyboard mapping for X11 and the virtual
83           console. This takes a keyboard mapping name (such as "de" or "us"),
84           and possibly a model, variant, and options, see kbd(4) for details.
85           Unless --no-convert is passed, the selected setting is also applied
86           as the system console keyboard mapping, after converting it to the
87           closest matching console keyboard mapping.
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89       list-x11-keymap-models, list-x11-keymap-layouts,
90       list-x11-keymap-variants [LAYOUT], list-x11-keymap-options
91           List available X11 keymap models, layouts, variants and options,
92           useful for configuration with set-keymap. The command
93           list-x11-keymap-variants optionally takes a layout parameter to
94           limit the output to the variants suitable for the specific layout.
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EXIT STATUS

97       On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
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ENVIRONMENT

100       $SYSTEMD_PAGER
101           Pager to use when --no-pager is not given; overrides $PAGER.
102           Setting this to an empty string or the value "cat" is equivalent to
103           passing --no-pager.
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105       $SYSTEMD_LESS
106           Override the default options passed to less ("FRSXMK").
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NOTES

114        1. The XKB Configuration Guide
115           http://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/xorg-docs/input/XKB-Config.html
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