ncal

displays a calendar in a vertical format where weeks run down the screen

TLDR

This command is an alias of cal with vertical calendar layout.Display current month calendar

$ ncal

Display calendar for specific month and year

$ ncal [month] [year]

Display entire year calendar

$ ncal -y [year]

SYNOPSIS

ncal [-y] [-3] [-1] [-A months] [-B months] [[month] year]

ncal displays a calendar in a vertical format where weeks run down the screen. It is an alternative interface to the cal command, which displays calendars horizontally.The vertical format is useful for terminals with limited width or when comparing dates across weeks. Both ncal and cal are typically provided by the same package on most systems.

PARAMETERS

-y

Display entire year.

-3

Display previous, current, and next month.

-1

Display only current month.

-A months

Display months after current.

-B months

Display months before current.

-h

Turn off highlighting of today.

-M

Weeks start on Monday.

-S

Weeks start on Sunday.

-b

Use horizontal layout (like cal).

CAVEATS

Available on BSD-derived systems. Some Linux distributions may not include ncal or may alias it to cal. The -b flag switches to the traditional horizontal cal layout.