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.Dd Feb 1, 1996
.Dt KBD 8
.Os OpenBSD
.Sh NAME
.Nm kbd
.Nd "set national keyboard translation"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm kbd
.Fl l
.Nm kbd
.Op Fl q
.Ar name
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Kbd
is used to change the keyboard encoding.
The execution of
.Nm kbd
normally occurs in the system multi-user initialization file
.Pa /etc/rc
to set a national keyboard layout.
.Pp
If called as
.Nm kbd
.Fl l
all available keyboard encodings are listed.
.Pp
If called as
.Nm kbd
.Ar name
the keyboard encoding will be set to
.Ar name
and a short message will be printed to stdout.
If the
.Fl q
flag is present
.Nm kbd
will be quiet unless an error occurs.