[kanchilug] Re: [Tip] Difference between "cal" and "calendar" command
- From: JP <prakasamj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: kanchilug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:40:16 +0530
View the calendar for September 1752
$ cal 9 1752
September 1752
S M Tu W Th F S
1 2 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30*
*
Not a typical calendar by any means! Where have gone the days between
September 2 and 14? Answer: September 1752 is the month Britain switched
from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
For more info view man page for cal
Regards,
J. Prakasam
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Tha.Suresh <jemenisuresh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Many of us know abt "cal" command. It displays the current month calendar.
>
> But 'calendar' command displays the history of events for current day
> and next day. ;)
>
> Ex for "cal" :
>
> student@student-cygnus ~ $ cal
> January 2011
> 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
>
> Ex for "calendar " :
>
> student@student-cygnus ~ $ calendar
> Jan 13 Horatio Alger born, 1834
> Jan 13 Sophie Tucker born, 1884
> Jan 13 Wilhelm Wien born, 1864, Nobel prize for blackbody radiation
> laws
> Jan 13 National Liberation Day in Togo
> .
> .
> .
>
> Jan 14 Albert Schweitzer born, 1875
> Jan 14 Julian Calendar New Year's Day
> .
> .
>
> For more info see man page of calendar
>
> --
> Regards,
> Tha.Suresh
>
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