Command “cal” stands for calendar.
This command is used to see the calendar of a specific month/ year or both.
The basic syntax of command “cal”.
cal [month] [year]
[month]- is used for specify month
[year] – is used for specify year
cal command to display calendar of current month
type “cal” command on terminal and press enter and output will be calendar of the current month
$ cal [ type “cal” on terminal and press enter]
Output:
January 2018 Mo Tu Th We Fr Sa So 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 27 28 29 30 31
To see the calendar of specific month/Year [for example May 2021]
type below command in terminal.
$ cal 05 2021 [ press enter]
Output:
May 2021
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
To see the calendar of the specific year (all 12 months)
To see the calendar of the year 2012. Type “cal” command and attach desired year as shown below
$ cal 2021 [ press enter]
Output
In output calendar of 2012(all 12 months) will display in the terminal.
Display the calander for current year
$ cal -y [ press enter]
Q: Display the previous, current and next month calendar of the year 1987 August
$ cal -3 8 1987 [ press enter]
Q: write a command to display the previous, current and next month calendar of the year 2015 december.
$ cal -3 12 2015 [ press enter]
Q: What is the command to display the days of the year 2016
$ cal 2016 [ press enter]
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