prettier "cal" command

cal |grep -A7 -B7 --color=auto $(date +%d)

Displays the same output as "cal", but with the current day highlighted (probably dependent on gnu grep, as I'm not sure other grep's support the "--color=auto" option). Tested and working on Ubuntu 11 and OSX Lion.

Sample Output

   November 2011
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 29 30

By: 4fthawaiian

2011-11-26 22:13:12

cal date grep

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prettier

Slightly shorter to type
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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cal | grep -C7 --color=auto $(date +%d)

cjp64 · 2011-11-29 11:35:41 33

What Others Think

Thanks for the downvotes, I guess? Can't imagine why anyone would not like this.

4fthawaiian · 647 weeks and 5 days ago

It could be because cal already highlights the current day on modern systems.

Fudo · 647 weeks and 5 days ago

Interesting. I see that you're right - ubuntu doesn't need it, for example. It still works, though ;)

4fthawaiian · 647 weeks and 5 days ago

It highlighted 2011 today for me - the year.

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What do you think?

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