man/localectl.xml

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  24 <refentry id="localectl">
  25
  26         <refentryinfo>
  27                 <title>localectl</title>
  28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  29
  30                 <authorgroup>
  31                         <author>
  32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  36                         </author>
  37                 </authorgroup>
  38         </refentryinfo>
  39
  40         <refmeta>
  41                 <refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle>
  42                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  43         </refmeta>
  44
  45         <refnamediv>
  46                 <refname>localectl</refname>
  47                 <refpurpose>Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings</refpurpose>
  48         </refnamediv>
  49
  50         <refsynopsisdiv>
  51                 <cmdsynopsis>
  52                         <command>localectl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command>
  53                 </cmdsynopsis>
  54         </refsynopsisdiv>
  55
  56         <refsect1>
  57                 <title>Description</title>
  58
  59                 <para><command>localectl</command> may be used to
  60                 query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
  61                 settings.</para>
  62
  63                 <para>The system locale controls the language settings
  64                 of system services and of the UI before the user logs
  65                 in, such as the display manager, as well as the
  66                 default for users after login.</para>
  67
  68                 <para>The keyboard settings control the keyboard
  69                 layout used on the text console and of the graphical
  70                 UI before the user logs in, such as the display
  71                 manager, as well as the default for users after
  72                 login.</para>
  73         </refsect1>
  74
  75         <refsect1>
  76                 <title>Options</title>
  77
  78                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
  79
  80                 <variablelist>
  81                         <varlistentry>
  82                                 <term><option>--help</option></term>
  83                                 <term><option>-h</option></term>
  84
  85                                 <listitem><para>Prints a short help
  86                                 text and exits.</para></listitem>
  87                         </varlistentry>
  88
  89                         <varlistentry>
  90                                 <term><option>--version</option></term>
  91
  92                                 <listitem><para>Prints a short version
  93                                 string and exits.</para></listitem>
  94                         </varlistentry>
  95
  96                         <varlistentry>
  97                                 <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
  98
  99                                 <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
 100                                 pager.</para></listitem>
 101                         </varlistentry>
 102
 103                         <varlistentry>
 104                                 <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
 105
 106                                 <listitem><para>Don't query the user
 107                                 for authentication for privileged
 108                                 operations.</para></listitem>
 109                         </varlistentry>
 110
 111                         <varlistentry>
 112                                 <term><option>-H</option></term>
 113                                 <term><option>--host</option></term>
 114
 115                                 <listitem><para>Execute the operation
 116                                 remotely. Specify a hostname, or
 117                                 username and hostname separated by @,
 118                                 to connect to. This will use SSH to
 119                                 talk to a remote
 120                                 system.</para></listitem>
 121                         </varlistentry>
 122
 123                         <varlistentry>
 124                                 <term><option>--no-convert</option></term>
 125
 126                                 <listitem><para>If
 127                                 <command>set-keymap</command> or
 128                                 <command>set-x11-keymap</command> is
 129                                 invoked and this option is passed then
 130                                 the keymap will not be converted from
 131                                 the console to X11, or X11 to console,
 132                                 respectively.</para></listitem>
 133                         </varlistentry>
 134                 </variablelist>
 135
 136                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
 137
 138                 <variablelist>
 139                         <varlistentry>
 140                                 <term><command>status</command></term>
 141
 142                                 <listitem><para>Show current settings
 143                                 of the system locale and keyboard
 144                                 mapping.</para></listitem>
 145                         </varlistentry>
 146
 147                         <varlistentry>
 148                                 <term><command>set-locale LOCALE...</command></term>
 149
 150                                 <listitem><para>Set the system
 151                                 locale. This takes one or more
 152                                 assignments such as "LANG=de_DE.utf8",
 153                                 "LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8", and so
 154                                 on. See
 155                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 156                                 for details on the available settings
 157                                 and their meanings. Use
 158                                 <command>list-locales</command> for a
 159                                 list of available locales (see below).
 160                                 </para></listitem>
 161                         </varlistentry>
 162
 163                         <varlistentry>
 164                                 <term><command>list-locales</command></term>
 165
 166                                 <listitem><para>List available locales
 167                                 useful for configuration with
 168                                 <command>set-locale</command>.</para></listitem>
 169                         </varlistentry>
 170
 171                         <varlistentry>
 172                                 <term><command>set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]</command></term>
 173
 174                                 <listitem><para>Set the system
 175                                 keyboard mapping for the console. This
 176                                 takes a keyboard mapping name (such as
 177                                 "de" or "us"), and possibly a second
 178                                 one to define a toggle keyboard
 179                                 mapping. Unless
 180                                 <option>--no-convert</option> is
 181                                 passed the selected setting is also
 182                                 applied to the default keyboard
 183                                 mapping of X11, after converting it to
 184                                 the closest matching X11 keyboard
 185                                 mapping. Use
 186                                 <command>list-keymaps</command> for a
 187                                 list of available keyboard mappings
 188                                 (see below).</para></listitem>
 189                         </varlistentry>
 190
 191                         <varlistentry>
 192                                 <term><command>list-keymaps</command></term>
 193
 194                                 <listitem><para>List available
 195                                 keyboard mappings for the console,
 196                                 useful for configuration with
 197                                 <command>set-keymap</command>.</para></listitem>
 198                         </varlistentry>
 199
 200                         <varlistentry>
 201                                 <term><command>set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL] [VARIANT] [OPTIONS]</command></term>
 202
 203                                 <listitem><para>Set the system default
 204                                 keyboard mapping for X11. This takes a
 205                                 keyboard mapping name (such as "de" or
 206                                 "us"), and possibly a model, variant
 207                                 and options, see
 208                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 209                                 for details. Unless
 210                                 <option>--no-convert</option> is
 211                                 passed the selected setting is also
 212                                 applied to the system console keyboard
 213                                 mapping, after converting it to the
 214                                 closest matching console keyboard
 215                                 mapping.</para></listitem>
 216                         </varlistentry>
 217
 218                 </variablelist>
 219
 220         </refsect1>
 221
 222         <refsect1>
 223                 <title>Exit status</title>
 224
 225                 <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
 226                 code otherwise.</para>
 227         </refsect1>
 228
 229         <refsect1>
 230                 <title>Environment</title>
 231
 232                 <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
 233                         <varlistentry>
 234                                 <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
 235                                 <listitem><para>Pager to use when
 236                                 <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
 237                                 overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>.  Setting
 238                                 this to an empty string or the value
 239                                 <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
 240                                 <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
 241                         </varlistentry>
 242                 </variablelist>
 243         </refsect1>
 244
 245         <refsect1>
 246                 <title>See Also</title>
 247                 <para>
 248                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 249                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 250                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 251                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 252                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 253                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 254                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 255                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 256                 </para>
 257         </refsect1>
 258
 259 </refentry>