Re: What does :$(cal) do?

From: Peter J. Acklam (pjacklam_at_online.no)
Date: 06/19/03


Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:50:20 +0200

Tony Walton <tony.walton@s-u-n.com> wrote:

> More obvious, but much less effective :-)
>
> $ cal|tail -1
>
> $
>
> cal outputs a blank line after the data...
>
> tail -2 does the trick.

That will fail in August and November.

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