Thursday, March 27, 2008

Ever thought that a linux command can be used as a reminder / organizer!!!!!

calendar


• cal -3 Display a calendar
• cal 9 1752 Display a calendar for a particular month year
• date -d fri What date is it this friday. See also day
• date --date='25 Dec' +%A What day does xmas fall on, this year
• date --date '1970-01-01 UTC 2147483647 seconds' Convert number of seconds since the epoch to a date
• TZ=':America/Los_Angeles' date What time is it on West coast of US (use tzselect to find TZ)
echo "mail -s 'get the train' P@draigBrady.com < /dev/null" | at 17:45 Email reminder
• echo "DISPLAY=$DISPLAY xmessage cooker" | at "NOW + 30 minutes" Popup reminder

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