System Location

Question 1

locale

Answer 1

Displays location info

Question 2

localectl

Answer 2

Sets default system language and character encoding. Can also display defaults.
list-locales lists all available.
set-locale to set.

Question 3

Char encoding

Answer 3

UTF8: dominant 8-bit Unicode standard

ISO-8859: worldwide encoding, 8-bit.

Question 4

file

Answer 4

-i: can show character encoding.

Question 5

iconv

Answer 5

Utility to convert file character encoding.

• f: from
• t: to
• o: output file

Question 6

date

Answer 6

Displays current date and time in multiple forms, can also set date and time.
-u: UTC
-s: assign temporary date
—set: set permanent date.
Format modifiers: can enable the display of date stats in specific manners via +%
m=month
d=day
y=year abbreviated
Y=year full
a=weekday
A= full weekday
D=with month,year.

Question 7

timedatectl

Answer 7

Current time and date settings, can be used to update system time and RTC data
set-time: modifies local and RTC. Will survive reboot.
BELOW CANNOT BE DONE FOR NTP SERVER
set-timezone: set zone
list-timezone: list

Question 8

tzselect

Answer 8

Menu-based tool to get regional time zone, but does not set.

Question 9

TZ

Answer 9

Environmental variable for time zone used in script profile.

Question 10

/etc/local time

Answer 10

Red Hat symbolic to /var/share/coreinfo/

Question 11

/etc/timezone

Answer 11

Debian. Contains time zone settings.