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35 | .\" @(#)cal.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 | |
36 | .\" | |
e10f0d07 | 37 | .TH CAL 1 "June 2015" "util-linux" "User Commands" |
b881ebc6 | 38 | .SH NAME |
232dc924 | 39 | cal \- display a calendar |
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40 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
41 | .B cal | |
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42 | [options] |
43 | .RI [[[ day ] " month" ] " year" ] | |
4b5a1ab8 | 44 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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45 | .B cal |
46 | displays a simple calendar. If no arguments are specified, the current | |
4b5a1ab8 | 47 | month is displayed. |
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48 | .sp |
49 | The \fImonth\fR may be specified as a number (1-12) or as a month name according | |
50 | to the current locales. | |
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51 | .SH OPTIONS |
52 | .TP | |
53 | \fB\-1\fR, \fB\-\-one\fR | |
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54 | Display single month output. |
55 | (This is the default.) | |
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56 | .TP |
57 | \fB\-3\fR, \fB\-\-three\fR | |
233ad1fa | 58 | Display three months spanning the date. |
4b5a1ab8 | 59 | .TP |
7800509b | 60 | \fB\-n , \-\-months\fR \fInumber\fR |
e10f0d07 | 61 | Display \fInumber\fR of months, starting from the month containing the date. |
7800509b | 62 | .TP |
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63 | \fB\-S, \fB\-\-span\fR |
64 | Display months spanning the date. | |
65 | .TP | |
4b5a1ab8 | 66 | \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sunday\fR |
ffc43748 | 67 | Display Sunday as the first day of the week. |
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68 | .TP |
69 | \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-monday\fR | |
eb63b9b8 | 70 | Display Monday as the first day of the week. |
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71 | .TP |
72 | \fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-julian\fR | |
eb63b9b8 | 73 | Display Julian dates (days one-based, numbered from January 1). |
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74 | .TP |
75 | \fB\-y\fR, \fB\-\-year\fR | |
233ad1fa | 76 | Display a calendar for the whole year. |
4b5a1ab8 | 77 | .TP |
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78 | \fB\-Y, \fB\-\-twelve\fR |
79 | Display a calendar for the next twelve months. | |
80 | .TP | |
49b7f95e | 81 | \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-week\fR[=\fInumber\fR] |
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82 | Display week numbers in the calendar (US or ISO-8601). |
83 | .TP | |
49b7f95e | 84 | \fB\-\-color\fR[=\fIwhen\fR] |
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85 | Colorize the output. The optional argument \fIwhen\fP |
86 | can be \fBauto\fR, \fBnever\fR or \fBalways\fR. If the \fIwhen\fR argument is omitted, | |
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87 | it defaults to \fBauto\fR. The colors can be disabled; for the current built-in default |
88 | see the \fB\-\-help\fR output. See also the \fBCOLORS\fR section. | |
e47346ff | 89 | .TP |
4b5a1ab8 | 90 | \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR |
14b22761 | 91 | Display version information and exit. |
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92 | .TP |
93 | \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR | |
b4362b6f | 94 | Display help text and exit. |
4b5a1ab8 | 95 | .SH PARAMETERS |
3fe71c46 | 96 | A single parameter specifies the year to be displayed; note the |
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97 | year must be fully specified: |
98 | .B "cal 89" | |
99 | will not display a calendar for 1989. | |
100 | .PP | |
6dbe3af9 | 101 | Two parameters denote the month (1 - 12) and year. |
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102 | .PP |
103 | Three parameters denote the day (1-31), month and year, and the day will be | |
e10f0d07 | 104 | highlighted if the calendar is displayed on a terminal. If no parameters are |
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105 | specified, the current month's calendar is displayed. |
106 | .PP | |
e10f0d07 | 107 | A year starts on January 1. The first day of the week is determined by the |
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108 | locale. |
109 | .PP | |
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110 | The week numbering depends on the choice of the first day of the week. If Sunday |
111 | (the default) is used for the first day of the week, then the customary North | |
112 | American numbering will be used, i.e. the first Sunday of the year starts the | |
113 | first week. If Monday is selected, then the ISO-8601 standard week numbering | |
114 | is used, where the first Thursday of the year is in week number 1. | |
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115 | .SH COLORS |
116 | Implicit coloring can be disabled as follows: | |
117 | .RS | |
118 | ||
119 | .br | |
120 | .BI "touch /etc/terminal-colors.d/cal.disable" | |
121 | .br | |
122 | ||
123 | .RE | |
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124 | See |
125 | .BR terminal-colors.d (5) | |
126 | for more details about colorization configuration. | |
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127 | .SH BUGS |
128 | .PP | |
129 | The | |
130 | .B cal | |
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131 | program uses the 3rd of September 1752 as the date of the Gregorian calendar |
132 | reformation -- that is when it happened in Great Britain and its colonies | |
e10f0d07 | 133 | (including what is now the USA). Starting at that date, eleven days were eliminated |
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134 | by this reformation, so the calendar for that month is rather unusual. |
135 | The actual historical dates at which the calendar reform happened in all the | |
136 | different countries (locales) are ignored. | |
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137 | .PP |
138 | Alternative calendars, such as the Umm al-Qura, the Solar Hijri, the Ge'ez, | |
139 | or the lunisolar Hindu, are not supported. | |
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140 | .SH HISTORY |
141 | A cal command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. | |
142 | .SH AVAILABILITY | |
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143 | The cal command is part of the util-linux package and is available from |
144 | ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |