help with linux bash terminal commands!! (1 Viewer)

samuraitor

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hey folks


Had a question regarding unix commands. I want to store a calendar produced by the "cal" command in the file "calendar" with no modifications to the output of the "cal" command.

I do this cal > calendar , and linuxgym says that the file does not have correct contents

How can I do this?
 

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id assume that cal = calculator. im a complete noob when it comes to linux bash terminal though.
 

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Really?

cal > calendar works fine for me. Ubuntu 5.04.

Perhaps make sure you have permission to create a file in the directory. Trying cd'ing to your home directory or something then trying. Alternatively, try creating the file 'calendar', then running the command.

This isn't Windows and generally it shouldn't matter whether you call it calendar or calendar.txt.
 

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samuraitor said:
hey folks


Had a question regarding unix commands. I want to store a calendar produced by the "cal" command in the file "calendar" with no modifications to the output of the "cal" command.

I do this cal > calendar , and linuxgym says that the file does not have correct contents

How can I do this?
That particular linuxgym exercise asks you to store the calendar for the year, not the month. Try cal -y > calendar
 

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