What Day was Yesterday ?

WHAT DAY WAS YESTERDAY ?

Ever lose track of time, puzzled about what day it is, or are just curious what day your birthday will be in 2022 ?
Here are a few nice commands to keep you up to date:

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$ cal

Shows you the current month

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$ cal -3

The same calendar with 3 month display

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$ cal 9 1950

The calender for September 1950

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$ cal -y

The calendar for full year

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$ cal -y 1950

The calendar of the year 1950

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$ date

Current time and date

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$ date -d sun

The date for next Sunday

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$ date --date='Jan 1 2008' +%A

New Years day 2008

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$ TZ=':America/New_York' date

Current time in NY

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$ time <command>

Measure how long a command takes ( + cpu usage )

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$ uptime

Uptime since last boot

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# hwclock --show

Shows time and date the BIOS hardware clock is set

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$ w

The users, when they logged in, and what they are doing

These are just a few of the very nice commands Linux gives you for "free" . . . . . If you want to know what day this text was written, look at the bottom of this post. <g>

Bruno

-- Apr 25 2006 --