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 To set your current shell to a different language you use the bash variable <c>LANG</c> followed by the language you want: To set your current shell to a different language you use the bash variable <c>LANG</c> followed by the language you want:
  
-<code console># LANG=en_us_8859_1</code>+<sxh bash>LANG=en_us_8859_1</sxh>
  
 If you want to set that so its used every time add an export line to your <c>.bashrc</c> for that user. The .bashrc file can be found in each user's homedir, if they don't have one you can create it: If you want to set that so its used every time add an export line to your <c>.bashrc</c> for that user. The .bashrc file can be found in each user's homedir, if they don't have one you can create it:
  
-<code console># export LANG=en_us_8859_1</code>+<sxh bash>export LANG=en_us_8859_1</sxh>
  
 The command locale will show you information about locale on the server. The command <c>locale -a</c> will give you a list of all the locale you can use.  The command locale will show you information about locale on the server. The command <c>locale -a</c> will give you a list of all the locale you can use. 
  
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