<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <refentry id="localectl" conditional='ENABLE_LOCALED'> <refentryinfo> <title>localectl</title> <productname>systemd</productname> <authorgroup> <author> <contrib>Developer</contrib> <firstname>Lennart</firstname> <surname>Poettering</surname> <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> </author> </authorgroup> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>localectl</refname> <refpurpose>Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> <command>localectl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para><command>localectl</command> may be used to query and change the system locale and keyboard layout settings.</para> <para>The system locale controls the language settings of system services and of the UI before the user logs in, such as the display manager, as well as the default for users after login.</para> <para>The keyboard settings control the keyboard layout used on the text console and of the graphical UI before the user logs in, such as the display manager, as well as the default for users after login.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Options</title> <para>The following options are understood:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>-h</option></term> <term><option>--help</option></term> <listitem><para>Prints a short help text and exits.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--version</option></term> <listitem><para>Prints a short version string and exits.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--no-pager</option></term> <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a pager.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term> <listitem><para>Don't query the user for authentication for privileged operations.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-H</option></term> <term><option>--host</option></term> <listitem><para>Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or username and hostname separated by @, to connect to. This will use SSH to talk to a remote system.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--no-convert</option></term> <listitem><para>If <command>set-keymap</command> or <command>set-x11-keymap</command> is invoked and this option is passed then the keymap will not be converted from the console to X11, or X11 to console, respectively.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para>The following commands are understood:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><command>status</command></term> <listitem><para>Show current settings of the system locale and keyboard mapping.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><command>set-locale LOCALE...</command></term> <listitem><para>Set the system locale. This takes one or more assignments such as "LANG=de_DE.utf8", "LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8", and so on. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details on the available settings and their meanings. Use <command>list-locales</command> for a list of available locales (see below). </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><command>list-locales</command></term> <listitem><para>List available locales useful for configuration with <command>set-locale</command>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><command>set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]</command></term> <listitem><para>Set the system keyboard mapping for the console. This takes a keyboard mapping name (such as "de" or "us"), and possibly a second one to define a toggle keyboard mapping. Unless <option>--no-convert</option> is passed the selected setting is also applied to the default keyboard mapping of X11, after converting it to the closest matching X11 keyboard mapping. Use <command>list-keymaps</command> for a list of available keyboard mappings (see below).</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><command>list-keymaps</command></term> <listitem><para>List available keyboard mappings for the console, useful for configuration with <command>set-keymap</command>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><command>set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL] [VARIANT] [OPTIONS]</command></term> <listitem><para>Set the system default keyboard mapping for X11. This takes a keyboard mapping name (such as "de" or "us"), and possibly a model, variant and options, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details. Unless <option>--no-convert</option> is passed the selected setting is also applied to the system console keyboard mapping, after converting it to the closest matching console keyboard mapping.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Exit status</title> <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Environment</title> <variablelist class='environment-variables'> <varlistentry> <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term> <listitem><para>Pager to use when <option>--no-pager</option> is not given; overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>. Setting this to an empty string or the value <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>