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Useful Commands
Figure 1-4:
Type cal
to view a
calendar for
the current
month.
Figure 1-5:
Type cal
followed by
a year to
view the 12
months of
that year.
Append a month number and a year number to display the calendar for that
month. For example, to view a calendar for April 2010, type cal 04 2010.
Use the –m flag to specify the current year, as in cal –m 08 for August of
this year.
Another useful command that’s related to the cal command is date. Type
date at the command line to display the day, date, time, and year based on
your computer’s settings.
WHITEDRAGON:~ markchambers$ date
Mon Jan 15 11:32:20 CDT 2009
55_9781118022061-bk08ch01.indd 68855_9781118022061-bk08ch01.indd 688 8/10/11 9:39 AM8/10/11 9:39 AM