LANG

Default locale for language and character encoding.

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Verified: 2026-05-12

Syntax

$echo $LANG

Examples

$echo $LANG

$export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8

Typical use cases

Standard usage

LANG --help

Note Affects date formatting, sorting, and localized output.

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