Ein2 » this day in history http://einiverse.eingang.org/ein2 Ein Zwei: Even More Ein! Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:38:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 [Cool Calendar Terminal Trick] http://einiverse.eingang.org/ein2/2004/05/26/cool-calendar-terminal-trick/ http://einiverse.eingang.org/ein2/2004/05/26/cool-calendar-terminal-trick/#comments Thu, 27 May 2004 00:27:38 +0000 Eingang http://einiverse.eingang.org/blogs/ein2/2004/05/26/cool-calendar-terminal-trick/ If you’re comfortable with the terminal, try out the following cool BSD-like trick on your OS X machine:

more /usr/share/calendar/calendar.* | grep `date +”%m/%d”`

Suddenly, you have your own “This Day in History.” It gives a synopsis, for the day, of important events — holidays, famous birthdays, etc. Today’s output wasn’t that inspiring, but who knows what tomorrow will bring!

05/26 Jim Pirzyk <pirzyk@FreeBSD.org> born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1968
05/26 Congress sets first immigration quotas, 1924
05/26 Al Jolson born, 1886

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