Using Calendar

Using cal on linux

$ cal This command prints current month's simple calendar. If arguments are not specified, the current month is displayed.
e.g.

February 2006
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          1  2  3  4
 5  6  7  8  9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28

$ cal -3 gives output for three (past, current, coming) months.

$ cal -y gives calendar for whole year.

$ cal -m gives calendar with Monday as first day.

$ cal -s gives calendar with Sunday as first day (by default).

$ cal -j gives Julian dates (days one-based, numbered from January 1). The Gregorian Reformation is assumed to have occurred in 1752 on the 3rd of September.

$ cal 2006 gives calender for 2006 year. Year should be 2006, 2007, 2008 etc and not 06, 07, 08. Two parameters denote the month (1 - 12) and year. If no parameters are specified, the current month's calendar is displayed.