Cal (command)

cal
Developer(s)Charles Dye
Initial releaseNovember 3, 1971; 52 years ago (1971-11-03)
Written inPlan 9: C
FreeDOS: x86 assembly language
Operating systemUnix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno, MSX-DOS, FreeDOS
PlatformCross-platform
TypeCommand
Licenseutil-linux: BSD-4-Clause
FreeDOS: Freeware / Source-available software
Plan 9: MIT License

cal is a command-line utility on a number of computer operating systems including Unix, Plan 9, Inferno and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux that prints an ASCII calendar of the given month or year. If the user does not specify any command-line options, cal will print a calendar of the current month. The command is a standard program on Unix and specified in the Single UNIX Specification.