KBD(8) | System Manager's Manual | KBD(8)

# NAME

`kbd` — set national keyboard translation

# SYNOPSIS

`kbd` | `-l`

`kbd` | [`-q`] name

# DESCRIPTION

`kbd` is used to change the keyboard encoding. The encoding is set to national keyboard layout name, and a short message is printed to stdout.

The execution of `kbd` normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file /etc/rc using the encoding defined in /etc/kbdtype.

The options are as follows:

`-l`
  List all available keyboard encodings.
`-q`
  Quiet mode. No message is printed unless an error occurs.

# FILES

/etc/kbdtype
  Default national encoding.

July 27, 2015 | Debian