--- shtool.orig	2006-02-03 22:49:06.000000000 -0500
+++ shtool	2006-02-03 22:49:28.000000000 -0500
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@
 ##    path       Deal with program paths
 ##
 
+# NLS nuisances.
+for as_var in \
+  LANG LANGUAGE LC_ADDRESS LC_ALL LC_COLLATE LC_CTYPE LC_IDENTIFICATION \
+  LC_MEASUREMENT LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY LC_NAME LC_NUMERIC LC_PAPER \
+  LC_TELEPHONE LC_TIME
+do
+  if (set +x; test -z "`(eval $as_var=C; export $as_var) 2>&1`"); then
+    eval $as_var=C; export $as_var
+  else
+    unset $as_var
+  fi
+done
+
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "$0:Error: invalid command line" 1>&2
     echo "$0:Hint:  run \`$0 -h' for usage" 1>&2