change locale grouping

Question

I use el_GR.UTF-8 which does not group thousands. I changed /usr/share/i18n/locales/el_GR, updated:

sudo locale-gen el_GR
sudo locale-gen el_GR.UTF-8
sudo update-locale LANG=el_GR.UTF-8

but still printf "%'.1f\n" 1000 produces 1000,0 instead of 1.000,0

ubuntu 16.04, cinnamon 3 – ilias iliadis Sep 09 '17 at 06:16 — ilias iliadis, Sep 09 '17 at 06:16

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '17 at 15:19

1

Do not modify files that are manged by your distribution. Do not edit files under /usr except under /usr/local. Your changes will be overridden by the package manager.

If you want to use a different thousands separator, set LC_NUMERIC to a different value.

$ LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8 printf %\'.1f\\n 1000
$ 1,000.0

answered Sep 09 '17 at 15:19

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

829,060

Thanks for the warning. But I cannot search all LC's to find an exact match. Even worse. As you say if that specific LC change in the future I have to find another. – ilias iliadis Sep 11 '17 at 06:33

change locale grouping

1 Answers1