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cal — Print calendar information. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/cal.1.html>.

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Problem

How to use the cal command: Print calendar information. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/cal.1.html>.

Solution

cal — Print calendar information. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/cal.1.html>.

Display a calendar for the current month:

cal

Display previous, current, and next month:

cal -3

Display a calendar for a specific month (1-12 or name):

cal -m {{month}}

Display a calendar for the current year:

cal -y

Display a calendar for a specific year (4 digits):

cal {{year}}

Display a calendar for a specific month and year:

cal {{month}} {{year}}

Display date of Easter (Western Christian churches) in a given year:

ncal -e {{year}}

Code Snippets

Display a calendar for the current month

cal

Display previous, current, and next month

cal -3

Display a calendar for a specific month (1-12 or name)

cal -m {{month}}

Display a calendar for the current year

cal -y

Display a calendar for a specific year (4 digits)

cal {{year}}

Context

tldr-pages: osx/cal

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