Locale definition source file

Figure 1 shows the typical locale definition file that represents the cultural and language conventions in the United States of America. For this example (LC_COLLATE), note the following:

The digits (0…9) sort before the letters.
Upper case and lowercase letters have the same primary sorting weight.
For each letter, the uppercase letter sorts before the equivalent lowercase letter.

Figure 1. Example locale definition source file

escape_char   /
comment-char  %

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LC_CTYPE
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upper   <A>;<B>;<C>;<D>;<E>;<F>;<G>;<H>;<I>;<J>;<K>;<L>;<M>;/
        <N>;<O>;<P>;<Q>;<R>;<S>;<T>;<U>;<V>;<W>;<X>;<Y>;<Z>

lower   <a>;<b>;<c>;<d>;<e>;<f>;<g>;<h>;<i>;<j>;<k>;<l>;<m>;/
        <n>;<o>;<p>;<q>;<r>;<s>;<t>;<u>;<v>;<w>;<x>;<y>;<z>

space   <tab>;<newline>;<vertical-tab>;<form-feed>;/
        <carriage-return>;<space>

cntrl   <alert>;<backspace>;<tab>;<newline>;<vertical-tab>;/
        <form-feed>;<carriage-return>;<NUL>;<SOH>;<STX>;/
        <ETX>;<SEL>;<RNL>;<DEL>;<GE>;<SPS>;<RPT>;<SI>;<SO>;<DLE>;<DC1>;/
        <DC2>;<DC3>;<RES>;<POC>;<CAN>;<EM>;<UBS>;<CU1>;<IFS>;/
        <IGS>;<IRS>;<ITB>;<DS>;<SOS>;<fs>;<WUS>;<BYP>;<LF>;/
        <ETB>;<ESC>;<SA>;<SM>;<CSP>;<MFA>;<ENQ>;<ACK>;/
        <SYN>;<IR>;<PP>;<TRN>;<NBS>;<EOT>;<SBS>;<IT>;<RFF>;/
        <CU3>;<DC4>;<NAK>;<SUB>

punct   <exclamation-mark>;<quotation-mark>;<number-sign>;<dollar-sign>;/
        <percent-sign>;<ampersand>;<apostrophe>;<left-parenthesis>;/
        <right-parenthesis>;<asterisk>;<plus-sign>;<comma>;/
        <hyphen-minus>;<period>;<slash>;<colon>;<semicolon>;/
        <less-than-sign>;<equals-sign>;<greater-than-sign>;/
        <question-mark>;<commercial-at>;<left-square-bracket>;/
        <backslash>;<right-square-bracket>;<circumflex>;/
        <underscore>;<grave-accent>;<left-curly-bracket>;/
        <vertical-line>;<right-curly-bracket>;<tilde>

digit   <zero>;<one>;<two>;<three>;<four>;/
        <five>;<six>;<seven>;<eight>;<nine>

xdigit  <zero>;<one>;<two>;<three>;<four>;/
        <five>;<six>;<seven>;<eight>;<nine>;/
        <A>;<B>;<C>;<D>;<E>;<F>;/
        <a>;<b>;<c>;<d>;<e>;<f>

blank   <space>;<tab>

END LC_CTYPE

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LC_COLLATE
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order_start forward;forward

<NUL>
…
<SUB>
<space>
<exclamation-mark>
<quotation-mark>
<number-sign>
<dollar-sign>
<percent-sign>

<ampersand>
<apostrophe>
<left-parenthesis>
<right-parenthesis>
<asterisk>
<plus-sign>
<comma>
<hyphen-minus>
<period>
<slash>
<zero>
…
<nine>
<colon>
<semicolon>
<less-than-sign>
<equals-sign>
<greater-than-sign>
<question-mark>
<commercial-at>
<A> <A>;<A>
<B> <B>;<B>
<C> <C>;<C>
<D> <D>;<D>
<E> <E>;<E>
<F> <F>;<F>
<G> <G>;<G>
<H> <H>;<H>
<I> <I>;<I>
<J> <J>;<J>
<K> <K>;<K>
<L> <L>;<L>
<M> <M>;<M>
<N> <N>;<N>
<O> <O>;<O>
<P> <P>;<P>
<Q> <Q>;<Q>
<R> <R>;<R>
<S> <S>;<S>
<T> <T>;<T>
<U> <U>;<U>
<V> <V>;<V>
<W> <W>;<W>
<X> <X>;<X>
<Y> <Y>;<Y>
<Z> <Z>;<Z>
<left-square-bracket>
<backslash>
<right-square-bracket>
<circumflex>
<underscore>
<grave-accent>
<a> <A>;<a>
<b> <B>;<b>
<c> <C>;<c>
<d> <D>;<d>
<e> <E>;<e>
<f> <F>;<f>
<g> <G>;<g>
<h> <H>;<h>
<i> <I>;<i>
<j> <J>;<j>
<k> <K>;<k>
<l> <L>;<l>
<m> <M>;<m>
<n> <N>;<n>
<o> <O>;<o>
<p> <P>;<p>
<q> <Q>;<q>
<r> <R>;<r>
<s> <S>;<s>
<t> <T>;<t>
<u> <U>;<u>
<v> <V>;<v>

<w> <W>;<w>
<x> <X>;<x>
<y> <Y>;<y>
<z> <Z>;<z>
UNDEFINED
order_end

END LC_COLLATE

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LC_MONETARY
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int_curr_symbol   "<U><S><D><space>"
currency_symbol   "<dollar-sign>"
mon_decimal_point "<period>"
mon_thousands_sep "<comma>"
mon_grouping      "3;0"
positive_sign     ""
negative_sign     "<hyphen-minus>"
int_frac_digits   2
frac_digits       2
p_cs_precedes     1
p_sep_by_space    0
n_cs_precedes     1
n_sep_by_space    0
p_sign_posn       2
n_sign_posn       2
debit_sign        "<D><B>"
credit_sign       "<C><R>"
left_parenthesis  "<left-parenthesis>"
right_parenthesis "<right-parenthesis>"

END LC_MONETARY

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LC_NUMERIC
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decimal_point     "<period>"
thousands_sep     "<comma>"
grouping          "3;0"

END LC_NUMERIC

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LC_TIME
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abday   "<S><u><n>";/
        "<M><o><n>";/
        "<T><u><e>";/
        "<W><e><d>";/
        "<T><h><u>";/
        "<F><r><i>";/
        "<S><a><t>"

day     "<S><u><n><d><a><y>";/
        "<M><o><n><d><a><y>";/
        "<T><u><e><s><d><a><y>";/
        "<W><e><d><n><e><s><d><a><y>";/
        "<T><h><u><r><s><d><a><y>";/
        "<F><r><i><d><a><y>";/
        "<S><a><t><u><r><d><a><y>"

abmon   "<J><a><n>";/
        "<F><e><b>";/
        "<M><a><r>";/
        "<A><p><r>";/
        "<M><a><y>";/
        "<J><u><n>";/
        "<J><u><l>";/
        "<A><u><g>";/
        "<S><e><p>";/
        "<O><c><t>";/
        "<N><o><v>";/
        "<D><e><c>"

mon     "<J><a><n><u><a><r><y>";/
        "<F><e><b><r><u><a><r><y>";/
        "<M><a><r><c><h>";/
        "<A><p><r><i><l>";/
        "<M><a><y>";/
        "<J><u><n><e>";/
        "<J><u><l><y>";/
        "<A><u><g><u><s><t>";/
        "<S><e><p><t><e><m><b><e><r>";/
        "<O><c><t><o><b><e><r>";/
        "<N><o><v><e><m><b><e><r>";/
        "<D><e><c><e><m><b><e><r>"

d_t_fmt "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y"

d_fmt   "%m//%d//%y"

t_fmt   "%H:%M:%S"

am_pm   "<A><M>";"<P><M>"

END LC_TIME

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LC_MESSAGES
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yesexpr "<circumflex><left-parenthesis><left-square-bracket><y><Y>/
<right-square-bracket><left-square-bracket><e><E><right-square-bracket>/
<left-square-bracket><s><S><right-square-bracket><vertical-line>/
<left-square-bracket><y><Y><right-square-bracket><right-parenthesis>"
noexpr "<circumflex><left-parenthesis><left-square-bracket><n><N>/
<right-square-bracket><left-square-bracket><o><O><right-square-bracket>/
<vertical-line><left-square-bracket><n><N><right-square-bracket>/
<right-parenthesis>"

END LC_MESSAGES

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LC_SYNTAX
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backslash        "<backslash>"
right_brace      "<right-brace>"
left_brace       "<left-brace>"
right_bracket    "<right-square-bracket>"
left_bracket     "<left-square-bracket>"
circumflex       "<circumflex>"
tilde            "<tilde>"
exclamation_mark "<exclamation-mark>"
number_sign      "<number-sign>"
vertical_line    "<vertical-line>"
dollar_sign      "<dollar-sign>"
commercial_at    "<commercial-at>"
grave_accent     "<grave-accent>"

END LC_SYNTAX

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LC_TOD
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timezone_difference +480
timezone_name       "<P><S><T>"
daylight_name       "<P><D><T>"
start_month         0
end_month           0
start_week          0
end_week            0
start_day           0
end_day             0
start_time          0
end_time            0
shift               3600

END LC_TOD