Ubuntu Linux Tip: How to Quickly View Calendar in Terminal
In Linux environment it is easier to work with the terminal to get the job done quickly and so if you want to quickly have look at the calendar then it can be directly seen in the terminal by using the cal command. The cal command is a standard Linux command that can be used in any Linux operating system.
Display calendar of the current month
Command:
cal
Display calendar of a particular month (user defined)
Let us try to display calendar of the month June 2009
Command:
cal june 2009
or
cal 06 2009
Display calendar for a year
Command:
cal 2009
Display calendar for last month, current month and next month
Command:
cal –3
Display calendar in alternative layout for calendar
The alternative layout of the calendar can be displayed using ncal command.
Command:
ncal june 2009
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Well, if you realize the concept of the calendar has way beyound revolutionized from the days of 70/80’s to the new google calendar days where you come up with sharing, organizing resources.
You could come up with something like that integrating the command line with the web technologies out there like todo calendar etc…