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a4b55ad0 | 37 | .TH CAL 1 "January 2018" "util-linux" "User Commands" |
b881ebc6 | 38 | .SH NAME |
232dc924 | 39 | cal \- display a calendar |
4b5a1ab8 SK |
40 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
41 | .B cal | |
f49ccec2 BS |
42 | [options] |
43 | .RI [[[ day ] " month" ] " year" ] | |
cd28d6a4 KZ |
44 | .br |
45 | .B cal | |
46 | [options] | |
a31bb9b6 | 47 | .RI [ "timestamp" | "monthname" ] |
4b5a1ab8 | 48 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
232dc924 BS |
49 | .B cal |
50 | displays a simple calendar. If no arguments are specified, the current | |
4b5a1ab8 | 51 | month is displayed. |
731441ac | 52 | .sp |
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53 | The \fImonth\fR may be specified as a number (1-12), as a month name or as an |
54 | abbreviated month name according to the current locales. | |
a4b55ad0 WP |
55 | .sp |
56 | Two different calendar systems are used, Gregorian and Julian. These are | |
57 | nearly identical systems with Gregorian making a small adjustment to the | |
58 | frequency of leap years; this facilitates improved synchronization with solar | |
59 | events like the equinoxes. The Gregorian calendar reform was introduced in | |
60 | 1582, but its adoption continued up to 1923. By default | |
61 | .B cal | |
62 | uses the adoption date of 3 Sept 1752. From that date forward the Gregorian | |
63 | calendar is displayed; previous dates use the Julian calendar system. 11 days | |
64 | were removed at the time of adoption to bring the calendar in sync with solar | |
65 | events. So Sept 1752 has a mix of Julian and Gregorian dates by which the 2nd | |
66 | is followed by the 14th (the 3rd through the 13th are absent). | |
67 | .sp | |
68 | Optionally, either the proleptic Gregorian calendar or the Julian calendar may | |
69 | be used exclusively. | |
70 | .RB See\ \-\-reform\ below. | |
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71 | .SH OPTIONS |
72 | .TP | |
73 | \fB\-1\fR, \fB\-\-one\fR | |
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74 | Display single month output. |
75 | (This is the default.) | |
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76 | .TP |
77 | \fB\-3\fR, \fB\-\-three\fR | |
233ad1fa | 78 | Display three months spanning the date. |
4b5a1ab8 | 79 | .TP |
7800509b | 80 | \fB\-n , \-\-months\fR \fInumber\fR |
e10f0d07 | 81 | Display \fInumber\fR of months, starting from the month containing the date. |
7800509b | 82 | .TP |
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83 | \fB\-S, \fB\-\-span\fR |
84 | Display months spanning the date. | |
85 | .TP | |
4b5a1ab8 | 86 | \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sunday\fR |
ffc43748 | 87 | Display Sunday as the first day of the week. |
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88 | .TP |
89 | \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-monday\fR | |
eb63b9b8 | 90 | Display Monday as the first day of the week. |
4b5a1ab8 | 91 | .TP |
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92 | \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-vertical\fR |
93 | Display using a vertical layout (aka ncal mode). | |
94 | .TP | |
a4b55ad0 | 95 | .B \-\-iso |
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96 | Display the proleptic Gregorian calendar exclusively. This option does not affect |
97 | week numbers and the first day of the week. | |
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98 | .RB See\ \-\-reform\ below. |
99 | .TP | |
4b5a1ab8 | 100 | \fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-julian\fR |
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101 | Use day-of-year numbering for all calendars. These are also called ordinal |
102 | days. Ordinal days range from 1 to 366. This option does not switch from the | |
103 | Gregorian to the Julian calendar system, that is controlled by the | |
104 | .BR \-\-reform\ option. | |
105 | .sp | |
106 | Sometimes Gregorian calendars using ordinal dates are referred to as Julian | |
107 | calendars. This can be confusing due to the many date related conventions that | |
108 | use Julian in their name: (ordinal) julian date, julian (calendar) date, | |
109 | (astronomical) julian date, (modified) julian date, and more. This option is | |
110 | named julian, because ordinal days are identified as julian by the POSIX | |
111 | standard. However, be aware that | |
112 | .B cal | |
113 | also uses the Julian calendar system. | |
114 | .RB See\ DESCRIPTION\ above. | |
115 | .TP | |
116 | .BI \-\-reform\ val | |
117 | This option sets the adoption date of the Gregorian calendar reform. Calendar | |
118 | dates previous to reform use the Julian calendar system. Calendar dates | |
119 | after reform use the Gregorian calendar system. The argument | |
120 | .I val | |
121 | can be: | |
122 | .RS | |
123 | .IP \(bu 2 | |
124 | .I 1752 | |
125 | - sets 3 September 1752 as the reform date (default). | |
126 | This is when the Gregorian calendar reform was adopted by the British Empire. | |
127 | .IP \(bu 2 | |
128 | .I gregorian | |
129 | - display Gregorian calendars exclusively. This special placeholder sets the | |
130 | reform date below the smallest year that | |
131 | .B cal | |
132 | can use; meaning all calendar output uses the Gregorian calendar system. This | |
133 | is called the proleptic Gregorian calendar, because dates prior to the calendar | |
134 | system's creation use extrapolated values. | |
135 | .IP \(bu 2 | |
136 | .I iso | |
137 | - alias of | |
138 | .IR gregorian . | |
139 | The ISO 8601 standard for the representation of dates and times in information | |
140 | interchange requires using the proleptic Gregorian calendar. | |
141 | .IP \(bu 2 | |
142 | .I julian | |
143 | - display Julian calendars exclusively. This special placeholder sets the reform date above the largest year that | |
144 | .B cal | |
145 | can use; meaning all | |
146 | calendar output uses the Julian calendar system. | |
147 | .PP | |
148 | .RB See\ \%DESCRIPTION\ above. | |
149 | .RE | |
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150 | .TP |
151 | \fB\-y\fR, \fB\-\-year\fR | |
233ad1fa | 152 | Display a calendar for the whole year. |
4b5a1ab8 | 153 | .TP |
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154 | \fB\-Y, \fB\-\-twelve\fR |
155 | Display a calendar for the next twelve months. | |
156 | .TP | |
49b7f95e | 157 | \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-week\fR[=\fInumber\fR] |
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158 | Display week numbers in the calendar (US or ISO-8601). See NOTES section |
159 | for more details. | |
c36c4a4e | 160 | .TP |
49b7f95e | 161 | \fB\-\-color\fR[=\fIwhen\fR] |
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162 | Colorize the output. The optional argument \fIwhen\fP |
163 | can be \fBauto\fR, \fBnever\fR or \fBalways\fR. If the \fIwhen\fR argument is omitted, | |
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164 | it defaults to \fBauto\fR. The colors can be disabled; for the current built-in default |
165 | see the \fB\-\-help\fR output. See also the \fBCOLORS\fR section. | |
e47346ff | 166 | .TP |
4b5a1ab8 | 167 | \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR |
14b22761 | 168 | Display version information and exit. |
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169 | .TP |
170 | \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR | |
b4362b6f | 171 | Display help text and exit. |
4b5a1ab8 | 172 | .SH PARAMETERS |
e5927d54 | 173 | .TP |
eb024893 | 174 | \fBSingle digits-only parameter (e.g., 'cal 2020')\fR |
e5927d54 | 175 | Specifies the \fIyear\fR to be displayed; note the year must be fully specified: |
4b5a1ab8 SK |
176 | .B "cal 89" |
177 | will not display a calendar for 1989. | |
e5927d54 | 178 | .TP |
eb024893 | 179 | \fBSingle string parameter (e.g., 'cal tomorrow' or 'cal August')\fR |
c8805632 | 180 | Specifies \fItimestamp\fR or a \fImonth name\fR (or abbreviated name) according to the current |
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181 | locales. |
182 | .sp | |
183 | The special placeholders are accepted when parsing timestamp, "now" may be used | |
184 | to refer to the current time, "today", "yesterday", "tomorrow" refer to of the | |
185 | current day, the day before or the next day, respectively. | |
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186 | .sp |
187 | The relative date specifications are also accepted, in this case "+" is | |
188 | evaluated to the current time plus the specified time span. Correspondingly, a | |
189 | time span that is prefixed with "-" is evaluated to the current time minus the | |
190 | specified time span, for example '+2days'. Instead of prefixing the time span | |
191 | with "+" or "-", it may also be suffixed with a space and the word "left" or | |
192 | "ago" (for example '1 week ago'). | |
193 | .TP | |
eb024893 | 194 | \fBTwo parameters (e.g., 'cal 11 2020')\fR |
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195 | Denote the \fImonth\fR (1 - 12) and \fIyear\fR. |
196 | .TP | |
eb024893 | 197 | \fBThree parameters (e.g., 'cal 25 11 2020')\fR |
e5927d54 | 198 | Denote the \fIday\fR (1-31), \fImonth and \fIyear\fR, and the day will be |
e10f0d07 | 199 | highlighted if the calendar is displayed on a terminal. If no parameters are |
4b5a1ab8 | 200 | specified, the current month's calendar is displayed. |
e5927d54 | 201 | .SH NOTES |
e10f0d07 | 202 | A year starts on January 1. The first day of the week is determined by the |
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203 | locale or the |
204 | .BR \-\-sunday \ and \ \-\-monday \ options. | |
4b5a1ab8 | 205 | .PP |
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206 | The week numbering depends on the choice of the first day of the week. If it |
207 | is Sunday then the customary North American numbering is used, where 1 January | |
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208 | is in week number 1. If it is Monday (\fB\-m\fR) then the ISO 8601 standard week |
209 | numbering is used, where the first Thursday is in week number 1. | |
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210 | .SH COLORS |
211 | Implicit coloring can be disabled as follows: | |
212 | .RS | |
213 | ||
214 | .br | |
0bb7e904 | 215 | .B touch /etc/terminal-colors.d/cal.disable |
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216 | .br |
217 | ||
218 | .RE | |
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219 | See |
220 | .BR terminal-colors.d (5) | |
221 | for more details about colorization configuration. | |
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222 | .SH HISTORY |
223 | A cal command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. | |
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224 | .SH BUGS |
225 | .PP | |
a4b55ad0 | 226 | The default |
bc36e66a | 227 | .B cal |
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228 | output uses 3 September 1752 as the Gregorian calendar reform date. The |
229 | historical reform dates for the other locales, including its introduction in | |
230 | October 1582, are not implemented. | |
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231 | .PP |
232 | Alternative calendars, such as the Umm al-Qura, the Solar Hijri, the Ge'ez, | |
233 | or the lunisolar Hindu, are not supported. | |
4b5a1ab8 | 234 | .SH AVAILABILITY |
601d12fb | 235 | The cal command is part of the util-linux package and is available from |
d673b74e | 236 | https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |