How to display a specific day?

To display a specific day using the cal command in Linux, you can use the -d option followed by the date you want to display. However, the cal command does not directly support displaying a single day. Instead, you can use the date command to show the specific date or use cal to show the month containing that date.

Using cal to Show the Month of a Specific Day

If you want to see a specific day, you can display the month that contains that day. For example, to display the calendar for March 15, 2023:

cal 3 2023

This will show the entire month of March 2023, highlighting the 15th.

Using date to Display a Specific Day

If you simply want to display the specific date in a formatted way, you can use the date command:

date -d "2023-03-15"

This will output the specific date in a readable format.

Summary

• Use cal to show the month containing the specific day.
• Use date to display the specific day in a formatted manner.