Description of problem: There is no way to control 'cal' highlight of current date from command-line. It is possible but requires reading of source code to figure out a way. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): util-linux-2.13-pre6 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. cal 2. cal --help 3. TERM= cal Actual results: 1. current date highlighted 2. no option to control highlight 3. no highligh, but had to check source code first Expected results: Normally options to control program behavior are done from command-line. Additional info: Fortunately cal has plenty of options available. Perhaps it would be better to default to non-highlight anbd allow user to opt for highlight through option "-v" (with an alias). But also, it might be useful to generalize to highlighting specific day(s) and not just today, with "-v YYYY/MM/DD" or "-v today". I have already patched for above change, but will not attach it because normal RedHat behavior is to reject everything I submit.
This is good idea, but we're very conservative with new command line options to basic system utils. We prefer add these changes to upstream code rather than create a distribution specific option.
Please, send the patch (to me or to upstream mailing list: util-linux-ng(at)vger.kernel.org or add it to BZ as attachment). Thanks.
Well, this feature will be added to version util-linux-ng-2.14.