cli -E, --encoding=ENCODING set default encoding for new databases --locale=LOCALE set default locale for new databases https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/locale.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/locale.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/multibyte.html http://www.g-loaded.eu/2011/02/27/locale-windows/ american_usa --lc-collate=, --lc-ctype=, --lc-messages=LOCALE --lc-monetary=, --lc-numeric=, --lc-time=LOCALE set default locale in the respective category for new databases (default taken from environment) --no-locale equivalent to --locale=C --pwfile=FILE read password for the new superuser from file ... -U, --username=NAME database superuser name -W, --pwprompt prompt for a password for the new superuser -X, --xlogdir=XLOGDIR location for the transaction log directory !!! -A, --auth=METHOD default authentication method for local connections --auth-host=METHOD default authentication method for local TCP/IP connections --auth-local=METHOD default authentication method for local-socket connections