NAME
cal, ncal - displays a calendar and the date of easter SYNOPSIS
cal [-jy? [[
[month?
year ]
ncal [-jJpwy? [-s country_code? [ [[month? year ]ncal [-Jeo? [year?DESCRIPTION
Cal displays a simple calendar in traditional format and ncal offers an alternative layout, more options and the date of easter. The new format is a little cramped but it makes a year fit on a 25x80 terminal. If arguments are not speci- fied, the current month is displayed.
A year starts on Jan 1.
SEE ALSO
calendar(3)?, strftime(3) HISTORY
A cal command appeared in v6 UNIX. The ncal command appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.6. AUTHORS
The ncal command and manual were written by Wolfgang Helbig helbig@FreeBSD.org. BUGS
The assignment of Julian - Gregorian switching dates to country codes is historically naive for many countries.
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