Name
calendar
Synopsis
calendar [option]
Reads your calendar file and displays all lines that contain the current date. The calendar file is like a memo board. You create the file and add entries like the following:
5/4 meeting with design group at 2 pm may 6 pick up anniversary card on way home
When you run calendar
on May 4, the first line is
displayed. calendar
can be automated by using
crontab
or at
, or by including
it in your startup files .profile
or
.login
.
Options
-
-a
Allow a privileged user to invoke
calendar
for all users, searching each user’s login directory for a file namedcalendar
. Entries that match are sent to a user via mail. This feature is intended for use viacron
. It is not recommended in networked environments with large user bases.-
-d
MMDD
[[
YY
]
YY
]
Display lines for the given date.
-
-f
filename
Display calendar items from file filename instead of the default calendar file in your home directory.
-
-l
n
Display calendar items up to n days ahead from the current date as well.
-
-w
n
Forces calendar to skip over weekends. Display calendar items up to n days ahead from the current date only when the current day is a Friday. The default for n is 2.
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