md5(1) and cal(1)

[Warren Block]

On Tue, 11 May 2010, andrew clarke wrote:

> On Mon 2010-05-10 17:35:45 UTC-0800, David Allen (the.real.david.allen at gmail.com) wrote:
>
>> 1.  Why doesn't cal(1) hilight the current day?  Hell, some days I'm
>> not even sure what day or week it is, so after typing 'cal', I have to
>> type in 'date', and then sit there for a few seconds to interpret what
>> I'm looking at.  Of course, that isn't always successful, so I
>> typically end up reaching for my mouse and hilight the date manually.
>> But after doing that I'm just as annoyed by not knowing the date as
>> I'm annoyed by the behavior of the cal utility and the extra work I'm
>> forced to do.
>
> cal(1) is pretty old.  I suspect it was written partly so the output
> could be printed out on paper.

cal on FreeBSD 8 does highlight the current date.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA