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You can go futher. Just type cal in your terminal:

  ~ % cal 
       March 2022       
  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 31

Indeed. This is what I used to use before I gave in and built this. What I was missing most of all, was marks. Be able to pull up a calendar when sharing my screen with my team to collaborate on dates while marking them for some bearings. Sure, I could double-click on a date in `cal`'s output, which was what I used to do, but I can mark only a single date with that.

Thank you for building it! This is super useful. I have always been frustrated with not having access to a clean calendar, given that I use mac os (for personal stuff) and windows (for work). Apple built-in calendar app and Outlook calendar for Windows are too clunky to use. cal -y is convenient if you have a terminal window open, which I often don't have . Most of the times when I need to do something with the dates I am on my browser and what you have built comes in handy.

Additional guidance is needed.

    'cal' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

    cal : The term 'cal' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

    At line:1 char:1
    + cal
    + ~~~
        + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (cal:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Also "cal -y"

I never liked the calendar from apple if I quickly wanted to look something up.

After looking at the OP website I was already thinking this is what I want. However after learning from you that I could also type "cal" in the terminal, mind blown.

Thank you to both of you!

cal 2022 - will give you the calendar for the whole year.

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