Changing the locale setting using the CLI

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You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to specify the locale for a system. The language that you select as your locale setting is used to display command results and error messages in the CLI.

About this task

The following locales are available:
  • 0 US English (default)
  • 3 Japanese

Procedure

Issue the setlocale CLI command with the ID for the locale.

Example

For example, issue the following CLI command to change the locale setting from US English to Japanese:
setlocale -locale 3
where 3 is the ID for the Japanese locale setting.