localedef(1) General Commands Manual localedef(1) (NAME) localedef - (Locale) (SYNOPSIS) localedef [] outputpath localedef --add-to-archive [] compiledpath localedef --delete-from-archive [] localename ... localedef --list-archive [] localedef --help localedef --usage localedef --version (DESCRIPTION) localedef charmap ( ) input () C (setlocale(3), localeconv(3) ) outputpath . outputpath : o outputpath ('/') . (LC_TIME, LC_NUMERIC ) . o --no-archive outputpath /usr/lib/locale . o outputpath (locale) /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive . (memory-mapped) LOCPATH . localedef . charmapfile ( ) ANSI_X3.4-1968 ( ASCII) . inputfile ( ) (-) localedef . (OPTIONS) (Operation-selection options) localedef . . --add-to-archive compiledpath . localedef --no-archive . --delete-from-archive . --list-archive . (Other options) . -f -c -f --force . -f charmapfile --charmap=charmapfile . charmapfile ('/') . . I18NPATH $I18NPATH/charmaps $I18NPATH . localedef --help . -i inputfile --inputfile=inputfile . . I18NPATH $I18NPATH/locales $I18NPATH . localedef --help . -u repertoirefile --repertoire-map=repertoirefile (Unicode code points) repertoirefile . repertoirefile ('/') (repertoire map) . . I18NPATH $I18NPATH/repertoiremaps $I18NPATH . localedef --help . -A aliasfile --alias-file=aliasfile aliasfile . . --force -c . --verbose -v . --big-endian (Big-endian). --little-endian (Little-endian). --no-archive outputpath . localedef . --no-hard-links (Hard links) . --no-warnings=warnings . ascii intcurrsym. --posix POSIX. --verbose . . POSIX POSIXLY_CORRECT . --prefix=pathname . . foo foo/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive . --quiet . --replace . . --warnings=warnings . ascii intcurrsym. --help -? . localedef . --usage . --version -V localedef. (EXIT STATUS) localedef : 0 . 1 . 4 . (ENVIRONMENT) POSIXLY_CORRECT --posix . I18NPATH (:) . (FILES) /usr/share/i18n/charmaps . /usr/share/i18n/locales . /usr/share/i18n/repertoiremaps . /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive . /usr/lib/locale . outputpath/LC_ADDRESS . outputpath/LC_COLLATE . outputpath/LC_CTYPE (character classes) . outputpath/LC_IDENTIFICATION () . outputpath/LC_MEASUREMENT ( ) . outputpath/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES . outputpath/LC_MONETARY . outputpath/LC_NAME . outputpath/LC_NUMERIC . outputpath/LC_PAPER . outputpath/LC_TELEPHONE . outputpath/LC_TIME . (STANDARDS) POSIX.1-2008. (EXAMPLES) UTF-8 fi_FI.UTF-8: localedef -f UTF-8 -i fi_FI fi_FI.UTF-8 fi_FI.UTF-8 LOCPATH ( ): localedef -f UTF-8 -i fi_FI ./fi_FI.UTF-8 (SEE ALSO) locale(1), charmap(5), locale(5), repertoiremap(5), locale(7) Linux man-pages 6.19 2026-02-08 localedef(1)