Display a calendar in the terminal, Linux Terminal

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Added: 6th of November 2020

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Display a calendar in the terminal

The calendar is installed by default in Debian, however if you are running Ubuntu or another Ubuntu based distribution you may need to install it by entering the following command

sudo apt-get install ncal

To display a calendar in the terminal enter the following command

cal

To display a specific month we use the -m switch followed by the month

cal -m December

To display a calendar for a specific year we use the -y switch followed by the year

cal -y 2020

To add (x) months after the current month we use the -a switch followed by the number of months

cal -A 4

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