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# 1  
Old 05-08-2013
Cal -m on bash
Hi,

I want to make Monday as the first day of the month while using cal command

when I execute without bash, its working fine
Code:
/bin/sh
cal -m 03 2013
 March 2013
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
             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

but
when I use
Code:
/usr/bin/bash
cal -m 03 2013
cal: illegal option -- m
usage: cal [ [month] year ]

can you please help me to get Monday as first day of the month.?


Regards
Anurag
Last edited by Scott; 05-08-2013 at 10:21 AM.. Reason: Code tags
# 2  
Old 05-08-2013
For me it does not work on bash.
cal -m 03 2013 gives sunday as 1 day.
Ubuntu 12.04
# 3  
Old 05-08-2013
Right, it does not work in bash.
Can you please help me to put Monday as first day while using cal?

---------- Post updated at 09:21 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:26 PM ----------

A mistake, its not working on SunOS but on Linux.
# 4  
Old 05-08-2013
I guess its duplicate thread?

How to get first sunday of the month?
# 5  
Old 05-08-2013
No,
Cal -m command

I want to make Monday as first week of the month when I use cal command.

Cal -m makes it on Linux, but not un SunOS
# 6  
Old 05-08-2013
What exactly is the purpose of keeping Monday as the first day of a week? May be if the purpose is shared, forum members could provide an alternate (or better/efficient) solution.
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