Configuring HP-UX for Different Languages, February 2002

How to Configure Your System Language
Managing the LANG Environment Variable
Chapter 1 13
Setting Default LANG on a Terminal Based System
Default language/codeset settings for terminal based systems are made
by modifying the .profile or .cshrc file in the user’s home directory.
For example:
• To set the user's default login to the German utf8 locale, modify the
following lines:
When using sh or ksh, edit the .profile file as follows:
LANG=de_DE.utf8
export LANG
When using csh, edit the .cshrc file as follows:
setenv LANG de_DE.utf8
• To set the user's default login to the Canadian French iso8859-1
locale, make the following modifications.
When using sh or ksh, edit the .profile file as follows:
LANG=fr_CA.iso88591
export LANG
When using csh, edit the .cshrc file as follows:
setenv LANG fr_CA.iso88591