LC_ALL

Overrides all other locale category settings.

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Verified: 2026-05-12

Syntax

$echo $LC_ALL

Examples

$LC_ALL=C sort file.txt

$export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8

Typical use cases

Standard usage

LC_ALL --help

Note Highest priority in locale resolution.

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