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6th August 2004, 08:56 AM
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Newbies guess what happens when you type:
Just check it out...
Open your terminal
As regular user type: cal
what did you get?
exactly....... 
Last edited by imdeemvp; 6th August 2004 at 09:33 AM.
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6th August 2004, 09:05 AM
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heh ;] old GNU cal - nothing special... check out pal - I use it on regular basic, it rulez.
http://palcal.sourceforge.net/
it even has events from LOTR! ;]
Last edited by kosmosik; 6th August 2004 at 09:08 AM.
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6th August 2004, 09:30 AM
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intended to our new friends....no bragging rights here
btw...someone used to dress you funny? 
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6th August 2004, 10:02 AM
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:P
guess what happens if you issue "fortune" command (uh you have to install fortune-mod package :\ should be in default install)...
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6th August 2004, 10:42 AM
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tricky.....
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6th August 2004, 10:52 AM
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thanks , it does save some headaches henceforth
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6th August 2004, 10:57 AM
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Or even better: cal && date 
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7th August 2004, 03:39 AM
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wat does cal do? soz Fedora isn't available to me atm...
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7th August 2004, 09:59 AM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by jzke
wat does cal do? soz Fedora isn't available to me atm...
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It displays simple calendar directly on terminal..
Like this:
Code:
August 2004
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
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7th August 2004, 10:14 AM
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beat me.....
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7th August 2004, 01:44 PM
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Another neat and widely used terminal utility is dict. Install the package "dictd"
Now:
Code:
dict whatever you want to know
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