locale

When working with Linux systems, especially in a multicultural and multilingual environment, understanding how to manage language and locale settings is crucial. The locale settings control the language and cultural norms used by your system software. These settings affect how your system interacts with you, providing proper support for date format, currency, language, and other cultural norms. In this article, we dive into how to fine-tune these settings in the Bash environment on Linux. A locale is a set of parameters that defines the language, country, and any special variant preferences that an application should adhere to.