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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
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+
+<refentry id="localectl">
+
+        <refentryinfo>
+                <title>localectl</title>
+                <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+                <authorgroup>
+                        <author>
+                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
+                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+                        </author>
+                </authorgroup>
+        </refentryinfo>
+
+        <refmeta>
+                <refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle>
+                <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+        </refmeta>
+
+        <refnamediv>
+                <refname>localectl</refname>
+                <refpurpose>Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings</refpurpose>
+        </refnamediv>
+
+        <refsynopsisdiv>
+                <cmdsynopsis>
+                        <command>localectl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command>
+                </cmdsynopsis>
+        </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Description</title>
+
+                <para><command>localectl</command> may be used to
+                query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
+                settings.</para>
+
+                <para>The system locale controls the language settings
+                of system services and of the UI before the user logs
+                in, such as the display manager, as well as the
+                default for users after login.</para>
+
+                <para>The keyboard settings control the keyboard
+                layout used on the text console and of the graphical
+                UI before the user logs in, such as the display
+                manager, as well as the default for users after
+                login.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Options</title>
+
+                <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+                <variablelist>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--help</option></term>
+                                <term><option>-h</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Prints a short help
+                                text and exits.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--version</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Prints a short version
+                                string and exits.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
+                                pager.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Don't query the user
+                                for authentication for privileged
+                                operations.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>-H</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--host</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Execute operation
+                                remotely. Specify a hostname, or
+                                username and hostname separated by @,
+                                to connect to. This will use SSH to
+                                talk to a remote
+                                system.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--no-convert</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>If
+                                <command>set-keymap</command> or
+                                <command>set-x11-keymap</command> is
+                                invoked and this option is passed then
+                                the keymap will not be converted from
+                                the console to X11, or X11 to console,
+                                respectively.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                </variablelist>
+
+                <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+                <variablelist>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>status</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Show current settings
+                                of the system locale and keyboard
+                                mapping.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>set-locale LOCALE...</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Set the system
+                                locale. This takes one or more
+                                assignments such as "LANG=de_DE.utf8",
+                                "LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8", and so
+                                on. See
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details on the available settings
+                                and their meanings. Use
+                                <command>list-locales</command> for a
+                                list of available locales (see below).
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>list-locales</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>List available locales
+                                useful for configuration with
+                                <command>set-locale</command>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Set the system
+                                keyboard mapping for the console. This
+                                takes a keyboard mapping name (such as
+                                "de" or "us"), and possibly a second
+                                one to define a toggle keyboard
+                                mapping. Unless
+                                <option>--no-convert</option> is
+                                passed the selected setting is also
+                                applied to the default keyboard
+                                mapping of X11, after converting it to
+                                the closest matching X11 keyboard
+                                mapping. Use
+                                <command>list-locales</command> for a
+                                list of available keyboard mappings
+                                (see below).</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>list-keymaps</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>List available
+                                keyboard mappings for the console,
+                                useful for configuration with
+                                <command>set-keyboard</command>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL] [VARIANT] [OPTIONS]</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Set the system default
+                                keyboard mapping for X11. This takes a
+                                keyboard mapping name (such as "de" or
+                                "us"), and possibly a model, variant
+                                and options, see
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details. Unless
+                                <option>--no-convert</option> is
+                                passed the selected setting is also
+                                applied to the system console keyboard
+                                mapping, after converting it to the
+                                closest matching console keyboard
+                                mapping.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                </variablelist>
+
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Exit status</title>
+
+                <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+                code otherwise.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Environment</title>
+
+                <variablelist>
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
+                                <listitem><para>Pager to use when
+                                <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
+                                overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>.  Setting
+                                this to an empty string or the value
+                                <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
+                                <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+                </variablelist>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>See Also</title>
+                <para>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                </para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>