Checking the current character encoding | LinuC Level 1 102 Exam original practice question

1.08.3Basic

Display only the encoding name used by the current locale.

Which command is appropriate?

Hint 1: Focus on locale scope

Identify which locale category controls the displayed language, numeric format, or date and time format.

Hint 2: Key terms

Review the short definitions of locale categories, character encoding, and timezone settings involved.

locale charmap: Displays the character encoding associated with the current locale.
locale -a: Lists the locale names installed and available on the system.
locale -m: Lists available character map names.
iconv -l: Lists the encodings and aliases supported by iconv.

Detailed explanation

Incorrectlocale -a

Incorrect. -a lists locale names.

Incorrectlocale -m

Incorrect. -m lists available character maps.

Correctlocale charmap

Correct. It prints the current character-map name.

Incorrecticonv -l

Incorrect. iconv -l lists all conversion encodings.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

locale charmap

UTF-8など現在の文字コード名

Foundation review

A setting that controls language, numeric formatting, collation, or date display.

A mapping between characters and the bytes used to represent them.

A rule set that converts timestamps for a region or display context.

Question IDKL-102-1057

EnvironmentPOSIX locale / 読み取りのみ

Last technical review2026-08-13

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